Personality traits, working conditions and health

an empirical analysis based on the German Linked Personnel Panel, 2013–2017

verfasst von

Lutz Bellmann, Olaf Hübler

Abstract

We conduct a comprehensive analysis of health determinants at the individual and workplace levels. Using a new individual-level German data set, we investigate the influence of these determinants on health, including collegiality, personality traits as measured by the Big Five, commitment to the company and job characteristics, while controlling for a set of standard sociodemographic and employment variables. We are interested in which determinants are important and which are less influential, whether interaction effects should be taken into account and whether the results depend on the modeling and estimation method used. Among the Big Five factors, conscientiousness, agreeableness and emotional stability are positively correlated with good overall health. The influence of job characteristics such as having substantial decision-making authority, not having physically demanding tasks, having pleasant environmental conditions, facing minimal time pressure and not being required to multitask are also positive. If employees frequently receive help when needed from their colleagues and do not feel unfairly criticized by others in the firm, they usually have fewer health problems. Each Big Five item influences mental health, whereas no statistical significance could be found for these items’ relationships with the number of days workers were absent due to sickness, except for neuroticism. These results are, for the most part, robust to different modeling and estimation methods.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Externe Organisation(en)

IAB-Regional Berlin-Brandenburg

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Review of managerial science

Band

16

Seiten

283-318

Anzahl der Seiten

36

ISSN

1863-6683

Publikationsdatum

02.2022

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Betriebswirtschaft, Management und Rechnungswesen (insg.)

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-020-00426-9 (Zugang: Offen)