Activation, Work and Well‐Being

Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6452058
AutoresAdam Whitworth (0000-0001-6119-9373, Strathclyde Business School University of Strathclyde Glasgow Scotland UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen59
Número7
Páginas1204-1213
Fecha de publicación2025-01-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/spol.13120
OpenAlexW4406593650
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas42

Despite the centrality of activation, paid work and well‐being to advanced welfare systems their inter‐relationships remain fragmented and underdeveloped in scholarship and policy. The present article makes original contributions to theory, evidence and policy in this context. Theoretically the article presents the two alternative accounts of these relationships and argues for their integration into a single framework. Empirically, path analyses within multivariate structural equation models examine this novel integrated theorisation quantitatively for the first time in the literature using the policy case study of a UK‐based voluntary Individual Placement and Support (IPS) activation programme for people with substance misuse issues. The findings support our integrated theoretical framework and highlight the direct importance of activation programmes to client well‐being through programme participation alongside their indirect well‐being importance through the well‐being effects of resulting paid work transitions. The well‐being implications for policy and practice are significant and further research is needed to further develop our understanding of how different activation approaches affect well‐being both directly and through its shaping of differing employment types and trajectories

Physics · Psychotherapist · Thermodynamics · Well-being · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being