Does economic skills obsolescence increase older workers' absenteeism?

IF 4.7 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI:10.5271/sjweh.4222

Angela Messioui, Andries de Grip, Jos Sanders, Marion Smit

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Abstract

Objectives: This paper is the first multidisciplinary study into the impact of new skill requirements in the job on absenteeism. The aim of this study was to investigate whether economic skills obsolescence (ESO) increased both absence frequency and average duration mediated by burnout and/or work engagement.

Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted on data from the Dutch Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (N=4493). Structural equation modelling was used to test the specific direct and indirect effects of ESO on absence frequency and average duration, followed by bootstrapping to compute the confidence intervals.

Results: ESO at baseline had a positive relationship with burnout at follow-up. In turn, burnout was positively related to both absence frequency and average absence duration at follow-up. The bootstrap indirect effect test showed that ESO had a significant positive indirect effect, via burnout and (lower) work engagement, on absence frequency and average duration. Furthermore, ESO at baseline was negatively related to work engagement at follow-up. Work engagement, in turn, was negatively related to absence frequency and average duration at follow-up. The bootstrap test showed that ESO had a significant indirect effect, via work engagement, on absence frequency.

Conclusion: ESO is associated with subsequent absence frequency and average duration of workers, both mediated by burnout and decreased work engagement.

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经济技能过时是否增加了老年工人的缺勤率？

目的：本文是第一个多学科研究工作中新的技能要求对缺勤的影响。本研究的目的是调查经济技能过时（ESO）是否在职业倦怠和/或工作投入的介导下增加了缺勤频率和平均持续时间。方法：对荷兰就业、能力和动机转变研究（N=4493）的数据进行纵向研究。采用结构方程模型检验了ESO对缺勤频率和平均持续时间的具体直接和间接影响，然后采用自举法计算置信区间。结果：基线ESO与随访倦怠呈显著正相关。在随访中，倦怠感与缺勤频率和平均缺勤时间均呈正相关。自举间接效应检验表明，ESO通过倦怠和（较低的）工作投入对缺勤频率和平均持续时间具有显著的正向间接效应。此外，基线ESO与随访时的工作投入呈负相关。工作投入与缺勤频率和平均随访时间呈负相关。自举测试表明，员工自愿服务通过工作投入对缺勤频率有显著的间接影响。结论：ESO与员工随后的缺勤频率和平均持续时间有关，二者均以倦怠和工作投入降低为中介。

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Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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8.20

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>12 weeks

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