The Role of EmployeesA Age for the Relation between Job Autonomy and Sickness Absence
Abstract
We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the representative German Study of Mental Health at Work data. In line with our theoretical considerations, we do find evidence for an inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days of sickness absence. This relation is only weakly mediated by job satisfaction and particularly relevant for more senior employees.
Authors 2
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Christian Grund Aachen
RWTH Aachen University · IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Affiliation as printed
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
RWTH Aachen University - School of Economics and Business Administration
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Maike Rubin Aachen
Affiliation as printed
RWTH Aachen University