Work Design and Mental Health: Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

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dc.abstract.enThis study examines how work design influences employee mental health and job satisfaction within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework, incorpo-rating a biopsychosocial perspective. Data were collected from 306 employees (228 women, 78 men) using the Polish adaptations of the Work Design Question-naire (WDQ; Hauk, 2014) and the Satisfaction with Job Scale (SWJS; Zalewska, 2003), alongside the Symptom Checklist-27-plus (SCL-27-plus; Hardt, 2008; Kuncewicz et al., 2014) for mental health outcomes. Correlation and regression analyses revealed that ergonomic conditions, autonomy, and feedback were the strongest predictors of job satisfaction. Mediation analyses further indicated that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between ergonomics and both depressive and pain symptoms, while effects on vegetative, agoraphobic, and sociophobic symptoms were weaker and largely nonsignificant. These findings highlight the pivotal role of well-structured and supportive work environments – particularly physical conditions – in fostering job satisfaction and protecting mental health. The results provide practical guidance for organizations aiming to enhance employee well-being, emphasizing ergonomics, autonomy, feedback, and social support as key resources in contemporary work design.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie, Katedra Psychologii Ekonomicznej i Biznesu
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorKolańska-Stronka, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorPoręba-Chabros, Agata
dc.contributor.authorKrzykawska, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorMalina-Tyda, Barbara
dc.date.access2025-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-07T08:40:35Z
dc.date.available2026-01-07T08:40:35Z
dc.date.created2025
dc.date.issued2025-12-30
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>This study examines how work design influences employee mental health and job satisfaction within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework, incorpo-rating a biopsychosocial perspective. Data were collected from 306 employees (228 women, 78 men) using the Polish adaptations of the Work Design Question-naire (WDQ; Hauk, 2014) and the Satisfaction with Job Scale (SWJS; Zalewska, 2003), alongside the Symptom Checklist-27-plus (SCL-27-plus; Hardt, 2008; Kuncewicz et al., 2014) for mental health outcomes. Correlation and regression analyses revealed that ergonomic conditions, autonomy, and feedback were the strongest predictors of job satisfaction. Mediation analyses further indicated that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between ergonomics and both depressive and pain symptoms, while effects on vegetative, agoraphobic, and sociophobic symptoms were weaker and largely nonsignificant. These findings highlight the pivotal role of well-structured and supportive work environments – particularly physical conditions – in fostering job satisfaction and protecting mental health. The results provide practical guidance for organizations aiming to enhance employee well-being, emphasizing ergonomics, autonomy, feedback, and social support as key resources in contemporary work design.</jats:p>
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dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical85-118
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.sdgDecentWorkAndEconomicGrowth
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume31
dc.identifier.doi10.18290/pepsi-2025-0004
dc.identifier.eissn2300-0945
dc.identifier.issn1733-3911
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2125
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://czasopisma.tnkul.pl/index.php/jpepsi/article/view/4613
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enwork design
dc.subject.enjob satisfaction
dc.subject.enmental health
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dc.titleWork Design and Mental Health: Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction
dc.title.journalJournal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
dc.typeJournalArticle
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