scholarly journals The impact of office design on medically certified sickness absence

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Birkeland Nielsen ◽  
Stein Knardahl
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Office Design ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of Effort-Reward Imbalance and Learning Motivation on Teachers' Sickness Absence

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Derycke ◽  
Peter Vlerick ◽  
Bart Van de Ven ◽  
Isabel Rots ◽  
Els Clays
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Effort Reward Imbalance ◽  
Reward Imbalance ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Biophilic office design: Exploring the impact of a multisensory approach on human well-being

2021 ◽  
pp. 101682
Author(s):  
Sara Aristizabal ◽  
Kunjoon Byun ◽  
Paige Porter ◽  
Nicholas Clements ◽  
Carolina Campanella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Office Design ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The impact of extending nurse working hours on staff sickness absence: Evidence from a large mental health hospital in England

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 103611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idaira Rodriguez Santana ◽  
Misael Anaya Montes ◽  
Martin Chalkley ◽  
Rowena Jacobs ◽  
Tina Kowalski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental Health Hospital ◽  
Health Hospital

scholarly journals The impact of a national workplace intervention om sickness absence in Norway

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
TN Hanvold ◽  
K Corbett ◽  
P Kristensen ◽  
IS Mehlum
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Workplace Intervention ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals 0332 The impact of organisational change on sickness absence: how much of the effects are mediated by workplace social capital?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Høy Jensen ◽  
Theis Lange ◽  
Esben Meulengracht Flachs ◽  
Janne Skakon ◽  
Naja Hulvej Rod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Workplace Social Capital

scholarly journals Long-term sickness absence among young and middle-aged workers in Norway: The impact of a population-level intervention

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Nordberg Hanvold ◽  
Petter Kristensen ◽  
Karina Corbett ◽  
Rachel Louise Hasting ◽  
Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The study objective was to evaluate the impact of a population-level intervention (the IA Agreement) on the one-year risk for long-term sickness absence spells (LSAS) among young and middle aged workers in Norway. Methods Using an observational design, we conducted a quasi-experimental study to analyse registry data on individual LSAS for all employed individuals in 2000 (n=298 690) and 2005 (n=352 618), born in Norway between 1976 and 1967. The intervention of interest was the tripartite agreement for a more inclusive working life (the IA Agreement). We estimated difference in pre-post differences (DID) in LSAS between individuals working in IA companies with the intervention and companies without, in 2000 and 2005. We used logistic regression models and present odds ratios (DID OR) with accompanying 95% CI. We stratified analyses by sex, industry and company size. Results . We found no significant change in the overall risk of long-term sickness absence spells after implementing the intervention among young and middle aged workers. Stratified by sex, the intervention resulted in a slight decrease in LSAS risk among female workers (DID OR 0.93 (0.91-0.96)) while the intervention showed no impact among male workers (DID OR 1.01 (0.97-1.06)). We found that companies signing the IA Agreement were large (≥50­ employees) and often within the manufacturing and health and social sectors. In large manufacturing companies, we found a reduction in LSAS, among workers both in companies with and without the intervention, resulting in no statistically significant impact of the IA intervention. In large health and social companies, we found an increase in LSAS among workers both in companies with and without the intervention. The increase was smaller among the workers in companies offering the IA intervention compared with workers in companies without, resulting in a positive impact of the IA intervention in the health and social industry. This impact was statistically significant only among female workers. Conclusions The results indicate that the impact of the IA Agreement on the risk of long-term sickness absence spells varies considerably depending on sex and industry. These findings suggest that reducing LSAS may warrant industry-specific interventions.

The effects of workstation partition heights on employees’ perceptions in open-plan offices

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal Yıldırım ◽  
Elif Güneş ◽  
Gülcan Pervan Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
The Body ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Office Design ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Positive Tendency ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Office Environments ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of environmental factors in open-plan offices with the same characteristics but with different workstation partition heights (1.10, 1.40 and 1.65 m) on perceptual evaluations of office employees. Design/methodology/approach In this research, the effects of environmental factors on employees’ perceptual evaluations in open-plan offices at the Gölbaşı Region of Ankara were measured with a detailed questionnaire. The research data were obtained from 81 employees who agreed to fill out the questionnaire and who use open-plan offices. Findings It was found that the office environments with 1.65 m workstation partition heights were more favorably assessed for each of the items of planning and of privacy that form the dependent variables compared to the office environments with 1.10  and 1.40 m partition heights. On the other hand, the office environments with the 1.10 and 1.40 m partition heights were more favorable for lighting items than the 1.65 m partition height office environments. In addition, young employees had a more positive tendency toward the perceptions of environmental factors, including different workstation partition heights in open-plan offices, compared to older employees. Research limitations/implications Results of this research provide a fundamental contribution for the impact of various partition heights that have substantial implications on the perceptions of open-plan office environments. At this point, as open-plan offices have important effects on the quality of employees’ work experiences, the influence of various partition heights on the performance of employees should be emphasized in future studies. The diversity of performance (reading comprehension, calculation, design, drawing, etc.) will be an important decision. Originality/value The significant contribution of this research is that it provides valid data and makes a valuable contribution to the body of knowledge in open-plan office design.

Similarity and sickness absence: The impact of supervisor and subordinate sex

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Volpone ◽  
C. Rubino ◽  
D. R. Avery ◽  
P. F. McKay ◽  
D. C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Gendered effects of intensified care burdens: employment and sickness absence in families with chronically sick or disabled children in Norway

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idunn Brekke ◽  
Marjan Nadim
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Healthy Child ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Employment Probabilities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Difference

Using longitudinal register data from Norway, the article examines the impact of having a child with intensified care needs on maternal and paternal employment, within a gender equality promoting welfare state. The hypothesis is that parents with a chronically sick or disabled child will have lower employment probabilities, lower labour earnings and higher sickness absence than parents with a healthy child, and that mothers are more affected than fathers when having a child with extra care needs. A quasi-experimental difference-in-difference regression model shows that the employment probabilities of parents with a sick or disabled child are comparable to those of parents with a healthy child, both for mothers and fathers. The analyses further reveal that having a chronically sick or disabled child reduces labour earnings and increases long-term sickness absence among mothers, while fathers’ labour earnings and sickness absence are less affected.

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