The Impact of psycho-social work characteristics on occupational well-being: The role of moderating recovery experiences

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1 Assistant Professor, University of Mazandaran

2 University of Mazandaran,,

3 University of Mazandaran ,babolsar, iran

Abstract

Today, psychosocial work characteristics are factors influencing the attitudes and behaviors of employees in the workplace. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and occupational well-being as well as to explain the role of moderating recovery experiences. This research is based on the purpose of the applied research and in terms of data collection, is a descriptive-survey research of correlation type. The statistical population of the research was 680 employees of Nekachoub Company of Mazandaran province. The data were collected through simple random sampling from 257 people. To measure variables, standard questionnaires were used in the field of psychosocial work characteristics, Occupational well-being and recovery experiences and their reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. Structural Equation Modeling and PLS software were used to test the research hypotheses. Findings showed that psychosocial characteristics of work have a positive and significant effect on occupational well-being and the moderating effect of employee recovery. Organizations that have difficult jobs due to the nature of their duties (such as natural resource protection) can use the findings of this study to maintain and improve the well-being of their employees.

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