A resource-oriented perspective on the aging workforce - exploring job resource profiles and their associations with various health indicators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Promoting older workers' health in the context of increasing labor force participation and skill shortages is crucial. Examining job resource profiles offers a promising approach to understanding how to promote and maintain the health of older workers within the workplace. However, it is unclear how different job resources interact within distinct worker subgroups. Thus, this study explores the association between the job resource profiles of distinct subgroups and various health indicators among older workers in Europe.

Methods

Data from 4,079 older workers (age range: 50-60 years, 57% female) from waves 6 and 8 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) were analyzed. Latent profile analysis was employed to identify distinct job resource pr

SUBMITTER: Gut V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414163 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature