The Role of Mental Health on Workplace Productivity: A Critical Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health disorders in the workplace have increasingly been recognised as a problem in most countries given their high economic burden. However, few reviews have examined the relationship between mental health and worker productivity.

Objective

To review the relationship between mental health and lost productivity and undertake a critical review of the published literature.

Methods

A critical review was undertaken to identify relevant studies published in MEDLINE and EconLit from 1 January 2008 to 31 May 2020, and to examine the type of data and methods employed, study findings and limitations, and existing gaps in the literature. Studies were critically appraised, namely whether they recognised and/or addressed endogeneity and unobserved heterogeneity,

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature