Obesity, long-term health problems, and workplace satisfaction: a longitudinal study of Australian workers
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Article Title | Obesity, long-term health problems, and workplace satisfaction: a longitudinal study of Australian workers |
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ERA Journal ID | 13623 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Keramat, Syed Afroz (Author), Alam, Khorshed (Author), Gow, Jeff (Author) and Biddle, Stuart J. H. (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Community Health |
Journal Citation | 45, pp. 288-300 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0094-5145 |
1573-3610 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-019-00735-5 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-019-00735-5 |
Abstract | This study investigates the impact of obesity, long-term health problems and their interaction on three specific aspects of job satisfaction among Australian adult workers. Exploiting longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey for the years 2006–2017, this study estimates overall job satisfaction, pay satisfaction and job security satisfaction using a common set of explanatory variables. Results from both random effects generalized least squares estimation and random effects ordered probit model confirm that obesity has a significant negative impact on workers’ pay and job security satisfaction. The results indicate that overweight workers are dissatisfied about their job security compared to normal weight peers. The study results reveal that long-term health problems significantly reduce all aspects of job satisfaction of the workers. However, the results indicate that the interaction of obesity and long-term health problems positively influences workers’ overall job satisfaction. Overall, the study findings are in line with the hypothesis that obese workers with long-term health problems have low expectations about their job. |
Keywords | Australia; job security satisfaction; long-term health problems; obesity; overall job satisfaction; paysatisfaction |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
380108. Health economics | |
380204. Panel data analysis | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research | |
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q57xq/obesity-long-term-health-problems-and-workplace-satisfaction-a-longitudinal-study-of-australian-workers
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