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Do Attitudes towards Work or Work Motivation Affect Productivity Loss among Academic Employees?
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 934, p 934 (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 2; Pages: 934
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2022.
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Abstract
- Work motivation and job attitudes are important for productivity levels among academic employees. In situations where employees perceive problems, for example, health-related and work environment-related problems, the ability to perform at work could be affected, which may result in fewer publications, reduced quality and less research funding. Few studies, however, have paid attention to productivity loss among academic employees in order to understand how, or if, the perceived loss is affected by the reported problems, either alone or in combination with work motivation and job attitudes. To evaluate whether attitudes towards work—measured as job satisfaction, organisational commitment and work motivation—are associated with productivity loss in the workplace, a cross-sectional study was conducted. This type of design is required as performance is highly variable and is affected by changes in health and work status. This study includes employees who reported either health-related problems, work environment problems or a combination of both (n = 1475). Linear regression analyses were used to answer the hypotheses. Higher levels of motivation, job satisfaction and organisational commitment were associated with lower levels of productivity loss among employees who experienced either health-related or work environment problems. High work motivation and high commitment were significantly associated with lower levels of productivity loss among employees who experienced a combination of problems. In summary, productivity loss among academic employees is not only affected by health-related problems or problems in the work environment but also by work motivation, job satisfaction and organisational commitment; i.e., these factors seem to buffer, or moderate, the reduction in performance levels for this group of employees.
- Subjects :
- Motivation
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
work motivation
commitment
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Occupational Health and Environmental Health
Work Sciences
Arbetslivsstudier
Article
Job Satisfaction
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin
productivity loss
workplace
Cross-Sectional Studies
Attitude
Surveys and Questionnaires
Commitment
Job satisfaction
Performance
Productivity loss
Work motivation
Workplace
Medicine
job satisfaction
performance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d9d18e88fc93286fa234892677419d4d