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Abstract
Consequences of organisational choices on working conditions are complex and may influence psychosocial well-being and health either positively or negatively. Changes in work organisation have been shown to be negatively associated to psychosocial experiences or health within the last French Working Condition Survey (WCS). Here we investigated how these associations were influenced by the following potential modificators: psychological demand at work, decision latitude and social support.
Psychosocial experiences examined were overwhelmed state, gratitude, internal psychological violence, meaning of work and value conflicts. Health was approached by the WHO5 scale as well as by self-perceived health status. Logistic regressions between change in organisation and psychosocial well-being and health were carried out on the 7000 market sector employees of the WCS belonging to companies with at least 10 employees. The modificator was included in the model together with an interaction term to account for the modification effect.
High psychological demand increased the effect of change in organisation on the meaning of work. Low decisional latitude increased the effect of change in organisation on gratitude, meaning of work and value conflict and low social support increased the effect of change in organisation on gratitude and internal psychological violence.
This analysis illustrates the complexity of relationships between organisation at work and psychological well-being. More analyses will be carried out on specific types of organisation such as quality management of just-in-time management.