AUTHOR=Pérez-Nebra Amalia Raquel , Viana Brenda Soares , Lira Eva , Martín-Hernandez Pilar , Gracia-Pérez María Luisa , Gil-Lacruz Marta TITLE=The work design contribution to educational workers' sustainable wellbeing and performance patterns JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020942 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020942 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

Brazilian education faces difficulties relating to performance and illness, suggesting that the characteristics of the work can affect both variables. This study aims to describe the work characteristics that increase the odds of having happy–productive patterns in education workers. A total of 4,598 employees of the Secretariat of Education of the Federal District (SEEDF) participated in the research, answering questionnaires about work design (Brazilian version, with 18 factors), wellbeing (containing three factors), and performance. The results showed that task, social, and contextual characteristics increase the probability of being in the happy–productive pattern, and specifically, Social Support, Feedback from Others, Task Significance, Task Identity, and Autonomy, in this order, should be considered for intervention purposes.