The Protective Role of Job Control/Autonomy on Mental Strain of Managers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Wittyfit’s Users
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Recruitment
2.2. The Job Demand-Control-Support Model
2.3. Sociodemographic Charactertistics of Workers
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Participants
3.2. Impact of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Workers on Responses to the JDCS Model
3.2.1. Job Demand, Control, and Support among Workers
3.2.2. Job Strain and Isostrain Prevalence by Job Position
3.2.3. Sociodemographic Factors of Karasek’s Model
4. Discussion
4.1. The Managers and Karasek’s Model
4.2. The Other Factors of Job Strain and Isostrain
4.3. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | JDCS Model Groups | p-Value | |||
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Active | High Strain | Low Strain | Passive | ||
JDCS (mean ± SD) | |||||
n (%) | 5537 (59.8%) | 2235 (24.1%) | 927 (10.0%) | 558 (6.0%) | |
Job demand | 29.3 ± 4.2 | 27.3 ± 4.5 | 15.9 ± 3.4 | 15.8 ± 3.6 | <0.001 |
Job control | 85.1 ± 7.7 | 55.3 ± 11.2 | 84.0 ± 8.0 | 50.5 ± 13.6 | <0.001 |
Job support | 25.2 ± 5.6 | 21.8 ± 6.1 | 25.2 ± 5.9 | 21.0 ± 6.7 | <0.001 |
Age (years), n (%) | |||||
<45 | 2829 (51.1%) | 1024 (45.8%) | 523 (56.4%) | 293 (52.5%) | <0.001 |
≥45 | 2708 (48.9%) | 1211 (54.2%) | 404 (43.6%) | 265 (47.5%) | |
Seniority (years), n (%) | |||||
<10 | 3229 (58.3%) | 1238 (55.4%) | 638 (68.8%) | 369 (66.1%) | <0.001 |
≥10 | 2308 (41.7%) | 997 (44.6%) | 289 (31.2%) | 189 (33.9%) | |
Sex, n (%) | |||||
Male | 3349 (60.4%) | 1302 (58.3%) | 644 (69.5%) | 364 (65.2%) | <0.001 |
Female | 2191 (39.6%) | 933 (41.7%) | 283 (30.5%) | 194 (34.8%) | |
Position, n (%) | |||||
Employee | 5041 (91.0%) | 2097 (93.8%) | 826 (89.1%) | 524 (93.8%) | <0.001 |
Manager | 91 (9.0%) | 93.8 (6.2%) | 101 (10.9%) | 34 (6.1%) |
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Colin-Chevalier, R.; Pereira, B.; Benson, A.C.; Dewavrin, S.; Cornet, T.; Dutheil, F. The Protective Role of Job Control/Autonomy on Mental Strain of Managers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Wittyfit’s Users. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2153. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042153
Colin-Chevalier R, Pereira B, Benson AC, Dewavrin S, Cornet T, Dutheil F. The Protective Role of Job Control/Autonomy on Mental Strain of Managers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Wittyfit’s Users. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(4):2153. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042153
Chicago/Turabian StyleColin-Chevalier, Rémi, Bruno Pereira, Amanda Clare Benson, Samuel Dewavrin, Thomas Cornet, and Frédéric Dutheil. 2022. "The Protective Role of Job Control/Autonomy on Mental Strain of Managers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Wittyfit’s Users" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 4: 2153. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042153