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- The study investigates how social connections at work and outside of work influence individuals' likelihood of staying in non-desired workplaces (NDWs) and their mental health over time.
- Using data from a public health cohort collected at three different points (2000, 2005, 2010), the researchers analyzed the relationship between social support, workplace feelings, and the occurrence of NDWs and mental health issues.
- Findings indicate that a lack of social support and workplace affinity increases the risk of remaining in NDWs and experiencing poor mental health in the future, highlighting the critical role of social embeddedness in workplace satisfaction.
Article Abstract
Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the role of social embeddedness on and off the job in relation to remaining in non-desired workplaces (NDWs) and the development of mental health.
Method: The study used questionnaire data from the Scania Public Health cohort ( N=2410) that were collected in 2000 (T1), 2005 (T2) and 2010 (T3). Logistic regression models were calculated to probe how NDWs and social embeddedness factors measured at baseline (T1) related to NDWs five years later (T2), and to investigate how NDWs and social embeddedness factors at T2 related to poor mental health at T3. Synergy indices were calculated in both analyses to test for additive v. interactive effects between NDWs and social embeddedness factors on the outcomes.
Results: NDWs at baseline and low social embeddedness on and off the job was associated with NDWs at T2. For those in a desired workplace, low support from co-workers as well as low workplace affinity increased the risk to be in an NDW at T2. NDWs and low social embeddedness also associated with impaired mental health (T3). For those in an NDW, low support from co-workers as well as low workplace affinity increased the risk of poor mental health at T3.
Conclusions: This study underlines the importance of social embeddedness for NDWs and the development of poor mental health over time. Particularly low social support from co-workers and low workplace affinity seem to be risk factors for future experience of an NDW and impaired mental health.
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