Leadership Quality and Risk of Long-term Sickness Absence Among 53,157 Employees of the Danish Workforce
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Objective: To examine whether low leadership quality predicts long-term sickness absence (LTSA) in Denmark. Methods: Using Cox models, we estimated the association between exposure to low leadership quality and onset of register based LTSA (more than or equal to 6 weeks) during 12-months follow-up among 53,157 employees without previous LTSA. Results: During 51,155 person-years, we identified 2270 cases of LTSA. Low leadership quality predicted LTSA with a dose-response pattern after adjustment for confounders. The hazard ratio (HR) of LTSA in the lowest compared with the highest quartile of leadership quality was 1.61 (95% CI: 1.43 to 1.82). Further, change from high to low leadership quality over time predicted risk of LTSA (HR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.97) compared with persistent high leadership quality. Conclusions: Exposure to low leadership quality is a risk factor of LTSA in the Danish workforce.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 557-565 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 1076-2752 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
- absenteeism, longitudinal study, managerial quality, occupational health, psychosocial work factors, stress
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