Author:
Amponsah-Tawiah Kwesi,Mensah Justice,Boakyewaa Ruth,Asare Grace
Abstract
Purpose
Building on the emerging literature on the psychology of working theory, this study aims to examine the impact of decent work on employees’ mental health as well as the association between the dimensions of decent work on employees’ mental health.
Design/methodology/approach
Quantitative data were collected from 260 employees working in the Ghanaian mining industry.
Findings
Data analysis showed a positive significant relationship between decent work and employee mental health. Furthermore, access to health care, adequate compensation and hours that allow for free time and rest related positively and significantly with employee mental health. However, the relationships between physical and interpersonal safe working conditions, organizational values that complement family and social values and employee mental health were not significant.
Originality/value
The findings extend the emerging literature relative to the influence of decent work on mental health in developing country context, specifically, sub-Saharan Africa where concerns for decent work have become extremely relevant because of the experience of extreme poverty and unemployment that characterize the region.
Subject
Law,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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