Determinanten van duurzame arbeidsprestatie bij werknemers in de ouderenzorg

This study focuses on the question under which working conditions employees in elderly care can perform optimally and sustainably. Using the Demand-Induced Strain Compensation Recovery Model, the relation between three types of job characteristics and sustainable work performance was examined: (1) job demands, (2) job resources, and (3) off-job detachment. Based on a cross-sectional survey, questionnaires were sent to healthcare workers working in 24 nursing home locations. A total of 707 respondents participated in this study. Results showed that cognitive job demands are positively associated with sustainable job performance, and that this relation is strengthened by both cognitive resources and cognitive detachment. Furthermore, it emerged that emotional job demands are negatively related to sustainable work performance, and that this relation is especially present in the case of the combination of (1) low emotional resources and high emotional detachment, and (2) high emotional resources and low emotional detachment. Empirical support was found for the matching principle, which states that interactions are most likely to occur when there is a match between the type of demands, resources, and recovery. Sustainable work environments in elderly care are ideally about maintaining a healthy balance between matching job demands, resources, and recovery to promote sustainable work performance.