Injustice at work affects work ability and role functioning: findings of a cohort study.

Objectives: The aim was to analyze the longitudinal effects of organizational injustice (OIJ) and effort-reward imbalance (ERI) on work ability, emotional role functioning and physical role functioning.

Methods: Longitudinal data with a two-year follow-up of people previously receiving sickness absence benefits were used for analyses. OIJ and ERI were included separately and mutually in logistic regression models.

Self-Reported Work Ability Predicts Rehabilitation Measures, Disability Pensions, Other Welfare Benefits, and Work Participation: Longitudinal Findings from a Sample of German Employees.

Purpose The study examined the performance of the Work Ability Index in predicting rehabilitation measures and disability pensions, sickness absence and unemployment benefits, and work participation among a sample of workers previously receiving sickness absence benefits. Methods Workers aged 40 to 54 years who received sickness absence benefits in 2012 completed the Work Ability Index in 2013. Outcomes were extracted from administrative data records.

Associations between organizational injustice and work ability, self-reported disability days, and medical consultations: cross-sectional findings from employees with prior sickness absence payments.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to identify associations between organizational injustice and work ability, disability days, and consultations with general practitioners.

Methods: Cross-sectional data of persons previously receiving sickness absence benefits were used for analyses. Organizational injustice was assessed using a German version of the "organizational justice questionnaire".

[Motivational and Volitional Processes in the Context of Applying for Medical Rehabilitation Services].

Objectives: We analyzed if intention and planning of an application for medical rehabilitation can be described using the health action process approach.

Material And Methods: Data were used from the "Third German Sociomedical Panel of Employees". A questionnaire comprising 8 scales was developed.