Managerial leadership is associated with self-reported sickness absence and sickness presenteeism among Swedish men and women

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 803-811

  Nyberg, Anna ^a   Westerlund, Hugo ^b   Magnusson Hanson, Linda L ^b   Theorell, Töres ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; health; managerial leadership; sickness absence; sickness presenteeism; working conditions

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANAGEMENT STYLE; PRESENTEEISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 56349089678     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808093329     Document Type: Article

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