Vergelijking van drie instrumenten ter bepaling van het vertrekpunt bij Leeftijdsbewust PersoneelsBeleid
Subtitle: een onderzoek naar de correlatie tussen de Workability Index (WAI), de vragenlijst 'ZRT-LBP 50+', en de bepaling van de fysieke conditie volgens de Polar OwnTest
By: ISBN 9789081171915; NUR 807
Series: Netherlands School of Public & Occupational Health (NSPOH), Amsterdam
Publisher: in eigen beheer
Published: april 2007
Place of publication: Heelsum
Format: A5
Number of pages: 85
First sentence: In deze masterthesis worden drie instrumenten, die beogen in meer of mindere mate ‘arbeidsvermogen’ te meten, met elkaar vergeleken. Arbeidsvermogen wordt gedefinieerd als: ‘de mogelijkheden die een individu op dit moment en in de nabije toekomst heeft, en de mate waarin hij in staat is zijn werkzaamheden te verrichten, gelet op de eisen die dit werk stelt en de fysieke en psychische gezondheid’ (Ilmarinen en Tuomi, 1992).
Description: This study was conducted to compare three instruments that could be used to measure work ability at baseline as well as for evaluation purposes. Threatened by shortages on the labour market, and employee wishes for balancing private life with working demands, there is exceeding attention for individualising conditions of employment as well as working conditions. A new paradigm within human resource management is the so-called age-related management, in which special attention is given to the phases in life in which people operate, thus creating custom-made solutions.
Quantifying present, and estimating future work ability may be a useful aid for planning and shaping policies concerning careers, stimulating employability, keeping up labour-potential, and tracking down workers in need of extra attention to prevent early dropout.
Notes: The WAI is the first choice for evaluating current, and predicting work ability within the next two years, but the ZRT-LBP 50+ is more suitable, and is preferred by the participants compared to the WAI, for evaluating individual working conditions at present and in the near future.
Apart from that ZRT-LBP 50+ has, compared to the WAI, a fair predictive value for the concept ‘work ability’.
OwnAge™-test enables to quantify physical capacity, and relate it to labour. Also, the test is very popular amongst participants. In this study, no significant correlation between physical fitness and work ability could be demonstrated.
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