title: How Does the Presence of High Need for Recovery Affect the Association Between Perceived High Chronic Exposure to Stressful Work Demands and Work Productivity Loss?
abstract: Employers have increasingly been interested in decreasing work stress. However, little attention has been given to recovery from the exertion experienced during work. This paper addresses the question: how does the presence of high need for recovery (HNFR) affect the association between perceived high chronic exposure to stressful work demands (PHCE) and work productivity loss (WPL)?.
  
  
  
  Data were from a population-based survey of 2219 Ontario workers. The Work Limitations Questionnaire was used to measure WPL. The relationship between HNFR and WPL was examined using four multiple regression models.
  
  
  
  Our results indicate that HNFR affects the association between PHCE and WPL. They also suggest that PHCE alone significantly increases the risk of WPL.
  
  
  
  Our results suggest that HNFR as well as PHCE could be an important factor for workplaces to target to increase worker productivity.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Centre for Research on Employment and Workplace Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Dewa); and Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Drs Nieuwenhuijsen, Sluiter).
authors.forename: Carolyn S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Dewa
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nieuwenhuijsen
authors.forename: Judith K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Sluiter
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D000073397:Occupational Stress; D009864:Ontario; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation