PHWP: Abstract Detail: The effects of psychosocial work factors on production loss, and the mediating effect of employee health

This article focuses on the association between psychosocial work factors and production loss, along with the possibility that employee health mediates the association. Results revealed that a workplace with poor psychosocial work factors was associated with increased production loss in the form of absenteeism and presenteeism. Furthermore, a poor psychosocial work environment was associated with decreased worker health, which helped to explain the variance in production loss. Hence, a poor psychosocial work environment can decrease worker health and increase production loss.

Karlsson, M. L., Bjorklund, C., & Jensen, I. (2010). The effects of psychosocial work factors on production loss, and the mediating effect of employee health. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52, 310-317.