OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: TESTING WORKLOAD MEDIATION AT RSUD JATISAMPURNA

Dwi Sudarwanto; Zaharuddin Zaharuddin; Granit Agustina

doi:10.62567/micjo.v3i4.3424

Authors

Dwi Sudarwanto Universitas Mitra Bangsa
Zaharuddin Universitas Mitra Bangsa
Granit Agustina Universitas Mitra Bangsa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62567/micjo.v3i4.3424

Keywords:

Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Perceived Workload, Employee Productivity, Public Hospital, Job Demands-Resources

Abstract

This study examines how perceived occupational safety and occupational health relate to employee productivity at Jatisampurna Regional General Hospital, with perceived workload assessed as an intervening variable. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey involved 77 employees drawn from a stated workforce of 327. The original analysis used partial least squares structural equation modelling in SmartPLS 4.1.1.8. Job demands–resources theory provides the interpretive framework: workload represents a demand, while safety and health arrangements are potential resources whose relationships with that demand need to be tested rather than assumed. Occupational health was negatively associated with workload (β = −0.769, p < .001) and positively associated with self-reported productivity (β = 0.443, p = .001). Workload was negatively associated with productivity (β = −0.245, p < .001); the health–workload–productivity indirect association was positive (β = 0.188, reported t = 2.483). Neither occupational safety path nor its indirect association reached the .05 significance threshold. The study distinguishes the observed health-related pathway from the unsupported safety-related pathway in one public hospital. Managers should examine staff health support alongside workload allocation, while retaining safety measures for their independent protective purpose. The single-site, cross-sectional and self-reported design does not establish causal mediation or measured service output.

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