Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Department of Health, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Job Performance in Relation to a Sustainable Working Life
  Author(s): Joyce Simard*
  
  Given the ageing of the workforce and the lengthening of working lives, companies have made supporting and retaining older workers a strategic management objective. Given the effects of long standing health impairments in older age, the relationship between health and work is particularly important for older workers who perform manual tasks. Few studies have examined the impact of employees' ability to balance work and health demands, including managerial and organizational support, although numerous studies have examined the relationship between work ability and job performance (work health balance). We evaluate the mediating role of work health balance in the relationship between work ability and job performance, both self-reported and assessed, taking into account health as a dynamic balance between work and health demands influenced by both individual and environmental factors.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2167-7182.23.12.664

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