Association Between Organizational Downsizing and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Workers: A Cross-sectional Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational downsizing may be significantly linked to depressive symptoms, yet research on this impact in Asian contexts is limited. This study investigates the association between downsizing during the COVID-19 pandemic and depressive symptoms across diverse employment statuses.

Methods

This study used the data from 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey. Depressive symptoms were measured using WHO-5 well-being index with a cut-off of 50. Downsizing was defined as decrease in the number of employees during last three years. Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for socio-demographic and occupational factors was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for depressive symptoms associated with downsizing, including subgrou

SUBMITTER: Park Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410490 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature