abstract: 'Introduction: There is the tendency in occupational health research of

  approximating the `changed world of work'' with a sole focus on the

  intrinsic characteristics of the work task, encompassing the job content

  and working conditions. This is insufficient to explain the mental

  health risks associated with contemporary paid work as not only the

  nature of work tasks have changed but also the terms and conditions of

  employment. The main aim of the present study is to investigate whether

  a set of indicators referring to quality of the employment arrangement

  is associated with the well-being of people in salaried employment.

  Associations between the quality of contemporary employment arrangements

  and mental well-being in salaried workers are investigated through a

  multidimensional set of indicators for employment quality (contract

  type; income; irregular and/or unsocial working hours; employment

  status; training; participation; and representation). The second and

  third aim are to investigate whether the relation between employment

  quality and mental well-being is different for employed men and women

  and across different welfare regimes.

  Methods: Cross-sectional data of salaried workers aged 15-65 from 21

  EU-member states (n = 11,940) were obtained from the 2010 European

  Social Survey. Linear regression analyses were performed.

  Results: For both men and women, and irrespective of welfare regime,

  several sub-dimensions of low employment quality are significantly

  related with poor mental well-being. Most of the significant relations

  persist after controlling for intrinsic job characteristics. An

  insufficient household income and irregular and/or unsocial working

  hours are the strongest predictors of poor mental well-being. A

  differential vulnerability of employed men and women to the

  sub-dimensions of employment quality is found in Traditional family and

  Southern European welfare regimes.

  Conclusions: There are significant relations between indicators of low

  employment quality and poor mental well-being, also when intrinsic

  characteristics of the work task are controlled. Gender differences are

  least pronounced in Earner-carer countries.'
affiliation: 'De Moortel, D (Corresponding Author), Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Sociol,
  Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

  De Moortel, Deborah; Vandenheede, Hadewijch; Vanroelen, Christophe, Vrije Univ Brussel,
  Dept Sociol, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

  Vanroelen, Christophe, Univ Pompeu Fabra, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Employment Condit
  Knowledge Network GREDS Emconet, Barcelona 08002, Spain.'
article-number: '90'
author: De Moortel, Deborah and Vandenheede, Hadewijch and Vanroelen, Christophe
author-email: ddemoort@vub.ac.be
author_list:
- family: De Moortel
  given: Deborah
- family: Vandenheede
  given: Hadewijch
- family: Vanroelen
  given: Christophe
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0090-6
eissn: 1475-9276
files: []
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
keywords: 'Employee well-being; Europe; Gender inequalities; Employment quality;

  Welfare regimes'
keywords-plus: 'PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKING-CONDITIONS; GENDER INEQUALITIES; PRECARIOUS

  EMPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL-HEALTH; WELFARE REGIMES; FAMILY; SYMPTOMS;

  POLICIES; WORKERS'
language: English
month: OCT 28
number-of-cited-references: '44'
orcid-numbers: 'Vandenheede, Hadewijch/0000-0002-1134-8155

  Vanroelen, Christophe/0000-0001-8619-8553

  De Moortel, Deborah/0000-0002-8542-128X'
papis_id: 1c60e6a8abdcdb6e310a9baca3a22788
ref: Demoortel2014contemporaryemployme
researcherid-numbers: 'Vanroelen, Christophe/O-6731-2017

  '
times-cited: '34'
title: 'Contemporary employment arrangements and mental well-being in men and women
  across Europe: a cross-sectional study'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000345538000001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '38'
volume: '13'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2014'