Perceived organizational justice as a predictor of long-term sickness absence due to diagnosed mental disorders: Results from the prospective longitudinal Finnish Public Sector Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-47

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b   Linna, Anne ^c   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   Oksanen, Tuula ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^c,d   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^c,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employees; Finland; Mental disorders; Organizational justice; Public sector; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINNISH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERACTIONAL JUSTICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKLOAD;

EMPLOYEES; FINLAND; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SICKNESS ABSENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84880436917     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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