TY - JOUR
T1 - Happy-Productive worker thesis
T2 - The role of work characteristics, gender, and age
AU - Bayona, Jaime A.
AU - Durán, William F.
AU - Perdomo-Ortiz, Jesús
AU - Castañeda, Delio I.
AU - Valencia, Carlos A.
AU - Diochon, Pauline Fatien
AU - Alvarado, Diego F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Bayona et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - Happy-productive worker thesis (HPWT) research predicts four configurations depending on well-being and performance levels, one synergistic and three antagonists; however, there has been some discrepancy in the expected results of HPWT, as there are some inclusive results about the specific characteristics that lead to each one of the predicted groups. In this study, we face these discrepancies using a three-configuration model that is more realistic in the organizational context, and exploring how work characteristics, gender, and age can predict workers’ membership in such configurations. We performed multinomial logistic regressions using a sample of 504 Colombian workers and their supervisors from different economic sectors. The results indicated that different work characteristics are associated with the membership of workers in each group, and how this membership varies depending on gender and age group. Our findings offer new research and practice insights about the role of HPWT in HRM (human resources management).
AB - Happy-productive worker thesis (HPWT) research predicts four configurations depending on well-being and performance levels, one synergistic and three antagonists; however, there has been some discrepancy in the expected results of HPWT, as there are some inclusive results about the specific characteristics that lead to each one of the predicted groups. In this study, we face these discrepancies using a three-configuration model that is more realistic in the organizational context, and exploring how work characteristics, gender, and age can predict workers’ membership in such configurations. We performed multinomial logistic regressions using a sample of 504 Colombian workers and their supervisors from different economic sectors. The results indicated that different work characteristics are associated with the membership of workers in each group, and how this membership varies depending on gender and age group. Our findings offer new research and practice insights about the role of HPWT in HRM (human resources management).
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0316656
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0316656
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:86000343903
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 20
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 3 March
M1 - e0316656
ER -