Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207422 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12597
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a new German individual data set, we investigate the influence on health with respect to personal traits measured by the Big Five, collegiality, commitment and job characteristics. Among the Big Five conscientiousness, agreeableness and emotional stability correlate positively with good health. Job characteristics like activities combined with substantial decision authority, no physically demanding tasks, pleasant environmental conditions, little time pressure and no necessity of multitasking affect health in the same direction. If employees get help if needed from their colleagues and if they do not feel unfairly criticized by others in the firm, they usually have no health problems. For mental health, all Big Five items are influential whereas no statistical significance could be found for the number of days workers were absent due to sickness except in cases of neuroticism.
Subjects: 
health status
working conditions
commitment to a company
collegiality
personality traits
JEL: 
I12
J53
J54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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