Quality of work community and workers’ intention to retire

Abstract Purpose To study the workers’ perception of the quality of work community and its association with intention to retire early, separately among women and men working in Finnish postal service. Methods A questionnaire survey was sent to all Finnish postal services employees aged ≥ 50 years in 2016 and 44% (n = 2096) replied to the survey (mean age 56.3, 40% women). Employee’s intention to retire before statutory retirement was measured on a scale of 1–5 and dichotomized. The quality of work community was defined by four composite variables: equality at work, flexibility at work, supportive work environment and health or other reason and trichotomized by their tercile values. Odds ratio (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations of quality of work community with intention to retire were calculated separately for men and women using log binomial regression models adjusted for potential confounders. Results About one-third of respondents intended to retire early with no significant gender difference in retirement intention. Low equality at work (women OR 2.77, 95% CI 1.60–4.81; men 2.84, 1.80–4.48) and low flexibility at work (women 3.30, 1.94–5.60; men 2.91, 1.88–4.50) was associated with higher likelihood of intention to retire. Among women intention to retire was found less likely due to low supportive work environment (0.52, 0.31–0.89) and among men due to intermediate health or other reason (0.65, 043–0.98). Conclusion The results highlight the importance of the quality of work community as well as the promotion of work-related health in order to encourage employees to remain at workforce for longer.

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Quality of Work Environment and Frequency of Work-Related Dermatitis Among Dust-Exposed African Informal Coltan Miners

Occupational and Environmental Skin Disorders ◽

10.1007/978-981-10-8758-5_5 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 53-62

Author(s):

Ngombe Leon-Kabamba ◽

Nlandu Roger Ngatu ◽

Etongola Papy Mbelambela ◽

Melaku Haile Likka ◽

Sakatolo Jean-Baptiste Kakoma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Work Environment ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

Work Related

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Postal services. Quality of service. Measurement of loss of registered mail and other types of postal service using a track and trace system

10.3403/02891172u ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Service ◽

Services Quality ◽

Postal Service ◽

Postal Services

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THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ORGANIZATION,CAREERDEVELOPMENT, WORK ENVIRONMENT, COMPENSATION POLICY AND ATTITUDE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE WORKING LIFE QUALITY ON THE ENVIRONTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT OF COORDINATING MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

JRMSI - Jurnal Riset Manajemen Sains Indonesia ◽

10.21009/jrmsi.007.1.07 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

Agung Setywan

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Work Environment ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Working Life ◽

Work Life ◽

Quality Of Work Life ◽

Compensation Policy ◽

Quality Of Working Life ◽

Quality Of Work

Based on the condition and circumstance of quality of work life at the Secretariat of the Coordinator Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, which is based on preliminary research show its not satisfactory, the purpose of this study was to: (1) determine the influence of organizational culture on quality of work life, (2) the effect of career development on the quality of work life, (3) the effect of the work environment on the quality of work life, (4) the effect of compensation policy and benefit on the quality of work life, and (5) the effect of employee attitudes to job towards the quality of working life. Methodologically, the research approach is a quantitative approach. The method research instrument is a questionnaire containing 89-point declaration from the six latent variables in the study, using the Likert Scale 1-5. The independent latent variable is the quality of work life, while independent latent variables are organizational culture, career development, work environment, compensation policy and benefit, and employee attitudes to work. Location of the study at the Secretariat of the Coordinator Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, with a population of 116 employees.Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with software SmartPLS 3. The result showed that the fifth independent variable only one influential positive and significant on the quality of working life Which means the fifth independent variable having value predictive (predictive relevance) on the quality of working life.Meanwhile the fifth regression variable indepedenshow different results: ( i ) insignificant between cultures organization with the quality of working life, ( ii ) there is a positive connection between development and significant career with the working life , ( iii ) insignificant between the workplace with the working life , ( iv ) insignificant policy of compensation and benefit with the working life; ( v ) insignificant between the employees to the quality of working life. Keywords: Quality of work life, cultural organization, career development, work environment, compensation policy and benefit, employee attitude to work.

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Exploring the Quality of Work Environment at Saudi Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI)

Journal of Management and Sustainability ◽

10.5539/jms.v5n4p125 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Ayman Abdulaziz Alghamdi ◽

Nasser Akeil Kadasah

Keyword(s):

Work Environment ◽

Employee Satisfaction ◽

Safety Climate ◽

Management Practices ◽

Aerospace Engineering ◽

Safety Hazard ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

Job Title ◽

Engineering Industries

<p>This study aims to evaluate the Quality of Work Environment (QWE) in Aircraft Maintenance Sector of Saudi Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI). It covers safety climate (safety, hazard, and injury), employee satisfaction about their jobs and employee satisfaction about management practices. For that purpose, 314 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The study revealed that SAEI employees have neutral evaluations regarding safety climate in the organization and have neutral evaluations regarding their jobs at SAEI as well. On the other hand, the overall values statically indicate that SAEI employees are unsatisfied regarding SAEI management practices. In conclusion, SAEI employees are unsatisfied about the quality of work environment in general with overall median equal 2 and 95% of confidence. The majority of respondents (60.1%) were between unsatisfied and strongly unsatisfied regarding the QWE. Also, the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the employees’ evaluation regarding the QWE according to their job grades, job title, and their departments. These differences can be concluded as following; employees with higher grades were more satisfied with QWE at SAEI, managers, instructors, and auditors were more satisfied with QWE at SAEI and finally TQA employees were the most satisfied employees with QWE at SAEI while Hangar employees were the most unsatisfied. The study suggests some practical recommendations based on the outcomes of this study.</p>

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The role of safety in service quality in the opinion of traditional and digital customers of postal service

Production Engineering Archives ◽

10.30657/pea.2020.26.01 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Kamila Kowalik

Keyword(s):

Service Quality ◽

Quality Assessment ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Postal Service ◽

Perception Of Safety ◽

Postal Services ◽

Safety Attributes ◽

The Impact

AbstractOne of the factors allowing to shape safety and quality of a postal service is an opinion of its customer. In the following paper, the analysis of the impact of a customer’s perception of safety on the service quality assessment has been presented. Research results presented in the paper refer to opinions of traditional and digital customers of postal services. The presented analysis is enriched by a theoretical framework of service quality, the explanation of the concept of safety, and a complementary characteristics of traditional and digital postal services. Afterwards, safety attributes of the postal services have been proposed, explained and highlighted. Subsequently, the results presented in the paper refer to the validity of particular chosen safety attributes of postal services.

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A study on impact of job satisfaction on quality of worklife: with special reference to it professionals in bangalore city

Journal of Management and Science ◽

10.26524/jms.2012.21 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 191-197

Author(s):

GOMATHI S ◽

SWAPNA M

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Work Performance ◽

Working Life ◽

Quality Of Work Life ◽

Quality Of Working Life ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

Work Related ◽

Wide Range

Quality of working life has been differentiated from the broader concept of quality of life. To some degree, this may be overly simplistic, as Elizur and Shye,(1990) concluded that quality of work performance is affected by quality of life as well as quality of working life. However, the specific attention to work-related aspects of quality of life is valid. Whilst quality of life has been more widely studied, quality of working life remains relatively unexplored and unexplained. A review of the literature reveals relatively little on quality of working life. Where quality of working life has been explored, writers differ in their views on its core constituents. Various authors and researchers have proposed models of quality of working life which include a wide range of factors. This paper concentrates on the role of job satisfaction in quality of work life.

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