Trends in Work Conditions and Associations with Workers' Health in Recent 15 Years: The Role of Job Automation Probability.

ABSTRACT: Job automation and associated psychosocial hazards are emerging workplace challenges. This study examined the trends in work conditions and associations with workers' health over time in jobs with different automation probabilities. We utilized data from six waves of national questionnaire surveys of randomly selected 95,762 employees between 2001 and 2016. The Job Content Questionnaire, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, and the Self-Rated Health Scale were applied, and working time was self-reported. Automation probability was derived for 38 occupations and then categorized into three groups. Trends in work conditions and the associations between automation probability, work conditions and health were examined. We observed a 7% decrease in high automation probability jobs, an overall incr

SUBMITTER: Cheng WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432856 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature