Do job demands and job control affect problem-solving?

Objective: The Job Demand Control model presents combinations of working conditions that may facilitate learning, the active learning hypothesis, or have detrimental effects on health, the strain hypothesis. To test the active learning hypothesis, this study analysed the effects of job demands and j...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2012, Vol.42 (2), p.195-203
Main Authors: Bergman, Peter N., Ahlberg, Gunnel, Johansson, Gun, Stoetzer, Ulrich, Åborg, Carl, Hallsten, Lennart, Lundberg, Ingvar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active control
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Demand
Demand analysis
Efficiency
Female
Health Status
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Learning
Logistic Models
longitudinal
Male
Marketing
MEDICIN
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
MEDICINE
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases - complications
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Organizational Culture
Organizational Innovation
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Professional Competence
Psychometrics
Reporting
Skills
Social Control, Informal
Socioeconomic Factors
spill-over
Sweden
Task Performance and Analysis
Tasks
Work characteristics
Workload - psychology
Workplace - standards
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Summary:Objective: The Job Demand Control model presents combinations of working conditions that may facilitate learning, the active learning hypothesis, or have detrimental effects on health, the strain hypothesis. To test the active learning hypothesis, this study analysed the effects of job demands and job control on general problem-solving strategies. Participants: A population-based sample of 4,636 individuals (55% women, 45% men) with the same job characteristics measured at two times with a three year time lag was used. Methods: Main effects of demands, skill discretion, task authority and control, and the combined effects of demands and control were analysed in logistic regressions, on four outcomes representing general problem-solving strategies. Results: Those reporting high on skill discretion, task authority and control, as well as those reporting high demand/high control and low demand/high control job characteristics were more likely to state using problem solving strategies. Conclusions: Results suggest that working conditions including high levels of control may affect how individuals cope with problems and that workplace characteristics may affect behaviour in the non-work domain.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-2012-1340