Environmental, Psychological and Organizational Correlates of Employee Health in Offices: A Proposed Model
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 31 (7) , 736-740
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193128703100710
Abstract
In a survey of 4373 office workers, sampled from 47 office sites across the U.K., correlates of work-related illness were investigated. Results showed that a variety of factors influence the prevalence of 10 work-related symptoms which are characteristic of the “sick building syndrome”. Path analysis was used to develop a model to represent causal associations. This model proposes that work-related illness is affected by architectural/environmental factors, individual/psychological factors, and occupational/organizational factors. The implications of this for health promotion are outlined.Keywords
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