Associations Between Supportive Leadership and Employees Self-Rated Health in an Occupational Sample

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 750-756

  Schmidt, Burkhard ^a   Loerbroks, Adrian ^a,b   Herr, Raphael M ^a   Wilson, Mark G ^c   Jarczok, Marc N ^a   Litaker, David ^a,d   Mauss, Daniel ^a   Bosch, Jos A ^a,e   Fischer, Joachim E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leadership; Occupational Health; Self rated health; Work stress; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84919948235     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: 15327558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9345-7     Document Type: Article

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