Effect of Work Environment on Presenteeism among Aging American Workers: The Moderated Mediating Effect of Sense of Control

Tianan Yang, Hubin Shi, Yuangeng Guo, Xuan Jin, Yexin Liu, Yongchuang Gao and Jianwei Deng
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Tianan Yang: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Hubin Shi: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Yuangeng Guo: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Xuan Jin: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Yexin Liu: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Yongchuang Gao: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Jianwei Deng: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: With the rapid increase of aging workforces, companies worldwide are concerned with improving the health and working status of older workers. Sense of control is an important psychological variable in sociology but has attracted less attention in studies of occupational health and management. This study examined the association of sense of control with presenteeism among aging workers in the United States. Data from the Health and Retirement Survey were analyzed, specifically, 2308 observations in 2012. Structural equation modeling was used to assess work environment, sense of control (measured in relation to personal mastery and perceived constraints), and associations with presenteeism. The moderating effect of subjective social status on the association between sense of control and presenteeism was examined with a moderated mediation model. In the final structural equation modeling model, work environment was directly inversely associated with presenteeism, and work environment was significantly inversely associated with perceived constraints. There was a direct positive association between work environment and personal mastery, a direct positive association between perceived constraints and presenteeism, and a significant inverse association between personal mastery and presenteeism. The significant indirect effects between work environment and presenteeism were significantly mediated by sense of control. Subjective social status inversely moderated the relation between presenteeism and perceived mastery, a dimension of sense of control. To increase the performance of aging workers in the United States, managers should create a work environment that facilitates access to job resources, as this might improve personal sense of control, particularly among those with high subjective social status.

Keywords: sense of control; work environment; presenteeism; subjective social status; aging workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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