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Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT, Peters SE, et al. The future of research on work, safety, health and wellbeing: A guiding conceptual framework. Soc Sci Med. 2020;269:113593doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593.
Sorensen, G., Dennerlein, J. T., Peters, S. E., Sabbath, E. L., Kelly, E. L., & Wagner, G. R. (2021). The future of research on work, safety, health and wellbeing: A guiding conceptual framework. Social science & medicine (1982), 269113593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593
Sorensen, Glorian, et al. "The future of research on work, safety, health and wellbeing: A guiding conceptual framework." Social science & medicine (1982) vol. 269 (2021): 113593. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593
Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT, Peters SE, Sabbath EL, Kelly EL, Wagner GR. The future of research on work, safety, health and wellbeing: A guiding conceptual framework. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Jan;269:113593. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593. Epub 2020 Dec 08. PMID: 33341740.
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Soc Sci Med. 2021 Jan;269:113593. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593. Epub 2020 Dec 08.

The future of research on work, safety, health and wellbeing: A guiding conceptual framework.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Glorian Sorensen, Jack T Dennerlein, Susan E Peters, Erika L Sabbath, Erin L Kelly, Gregory R Wagner

Affiliations

  1. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
  3. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  4. Boston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
  5. MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  6. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 33341740 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113593

Abstract

Work plays a central role in health. A conceptual model can help frame research priorities and questions to explore determinants of workers' safety, health, and wellbeing. A previous conceptual model focused on the workplace setting to emphasize the role of conditions of work in shaping workers' safety, health and wellbeing. These conditions of work include physical, organizational, and psychosocial factors. This manuscript presents and discusses an updated and expanded conceptual model, placing the workplace and the conditions of work within the broader context of socio-political-economic environments and consequent trends in employment and labor force patterns. Social, political and economic trends, such as growing reliance on technology, climate change, and globalization, have significant implications for workers' day-to-day experiences. These structural forces in turn shape employment and labor patterns, with implications for the availability and quality of jobs; the nature of relationships between employers and workers; and the benefits and protections available to workers. Understanding these patterns will be critical for anticipating the consequences of future changes in the conditions of work, and ultimately help inform decision-making around policies and practices intended to protect and promote worker safety, health, and wellbeing. This model provides a structure for anticipating research needs in response to the changing nature of work, including the formation of research priorities, the need for expanded research methods and measures, and attention to diverse populations of enterprises and workers. This approach anticipates changes in the way work is structured, managed, and experienced by workers and can effectively inform policies and practices needed to protect and promote worker safety, health and wellbeing.

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Keywords: Conceptual model; Future of work; Total worker health; Work organization; Worker health and safety; Worker well-being; Working conditions

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