title: Job satisfaction is more than a fruit basket, health checks and free exercise: Cross-sectional study among 10,000 wage earners.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Workers who are satisfied with their job are the cornerstones of healthy and productive companies. This study investigated factors associated with job satisfaction in the general working population.
  
  
  METHODS
  From the 2010 round of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study, currently employed wage earners ( N=10,427) replied to questions about work, lifestyle and health. Multinomial logistic regression controlled for sex, age, job group, smoking, body mass index, chronic disease and general health assessed the association between work factors and job satisfaction (very satisfied and satisfied, respectively, with unsatisfied as reference).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Psychosocial work factors - social support from superiors, social support from colleagues and influence at work - had the strongest association with job satisfaction. For example, for high social support from superiors, the odds ratio (OR) for being very satisfied with the job was 12.35 (95% confidence interval [CI] 8.71-17.51). With sedentary work as reference, the OR for being very satisfied with the job for 'standing and walking work that is not strenuous' was 1.57 (95% CI 1.06-2.33), while the opposite was seen for 'heavy and strenuous work' with an OR of 0.34 (95% CI 0.18-0.62). Only two out of five types of workplace health-promotion offers (physical exercise and healthy diet) were associated with job satisfaction. For example, for offers of physical exercise the OR for being very satisfied with the job was 1.84 (95% CI 1.33-2.55).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While psychosocial work factors and to some extent physical work demands are important for job satisfaction, workplace health-promotion offers appear to play a minor role.
authors.affiliation: 1 National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark.|2 Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lars L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: 3 Centre for Workplace Health, Health and Safety Executive, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fishwick
authors.affiliation: 3 Centre for Workplace Health, Health and Safety Executive, UK.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: 4 TNO, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Noortje M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wiezer
authors.affiliation: 5 Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Poland.
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mockałło
authors.affiliation: 6 INRS, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grosjean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D005082:Physical Exertion
keywords: Job satisfaction; physical exercise; physical work environment; psychosocial work environment; workplace health promotion