Managerial leadership is associated with employee stress, health, and sickness absence independently of the demand-control-support model

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Westerlund, Hugo ^a   Nyberg, Anna ^a,b   Bernin, Peggy ^a   Hyde, Martin ^c   Oxenstierna, Gabriel ^a   Jäppinen, Paavo ^d   Väänänen, Ari ^e   Theorell, Töres ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Stora Enso   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

control; Demands; self rated health; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78650572885     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1058     Document Type: Article

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