Work Ability Index-Evidence from the Human Resource Field in Romania

Ramona Ştefania Igreț (), Cristian Virgil Marinaş (), Monica Roman () and Simona Irina Goia Agoston ()
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Ramona Ştefania Igreț: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Cristian Virgil Marinaş: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Simona Irina Goia Agoston: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

A chapter in Digital Economy and New Value Creation, 2022, pp 47-59 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Nowadays the talent shortage is at its highest level in many emerging economies from Europe, many employers reporting difficulties in filling their vacancies with high skilled and competent human resources. The main causes are related to talent migration, education-labor market mismatch, demographic ageing or disrupting technologies that are changing the nature of jobs. In this context, keeping high skilled employees in a good working condition should be a priority for employers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the individual work ability in the case of human resource (HR) professionals from Romania in order to detect at an early stage, work – related health problems and early retirement risks. We use the Work Ability Index (WAI), a well-established instrument for the assessment of the work capacity. The instrument contains seven dimensions and it was applied on a sample of 81 respondents, from various economic sectors. The results show that in the case of human resource professionals, the overall score of the Work Ability Index is more influenced by the mental rather than physical abilities and it is not significantly affected by respondent’s age, gender or education.

Keywords: Work Ability Index (WAI); HR professionals; Romania; Talent shortage; Sickness absence; Early retirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07265-9_5

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