Wat heeft het zzp-schap te bieden aan werkenden in de zorg? Een latente klassenanalyse van ervaren werkeisen (demands) en energiebronnen (resouces) onder werknemers en zzp’ers in de zorg.

This study investigates how healthcare workers experience job demands and resources, comparing employees and self-employed workers within the framework of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R)-model. Using two rich datasets from Statistics Netherlands: Werknemersenquête Zorg en Welzijn (n=8,831) en Zelfstandigenenquête Zorg en Welzijn (n=2,192), we applied latent class analysis (LCA) to identify five demand-resource profiles. Four of these classes reflected the expected pattern: a negative association between demands and resources. However, one class combined high demands with strong social support and development opportunities, but low autonomy. Self-employed workers were more likely than employees to belong to the more favourable profiles, showing the potential benefits of self-employment.