The effects of leadership and coping on sickness absence among nurses

Summary:

The study population consisted of nurses working in a regional hospital in the Dutch province Friesland employing a total of 1153 persons. The next research questions where examined:

• Associations between the frequency of previous sickness absence and self-reported perceptions of health and work
• The relationship between coping styles and sickness absence in healthcare
• The relationship between coping styles (active and passive) and sickness absence in healthcare in Norway and the Netherlands
• To determine the agreement between occupational physicians' (OP) ratings of an employee's readiness (i.e. ability and willingness) to return to work
• To investigate the associations between leadership styles, according to the theory of situational leadership, and registered sickness absence
• To investigate changes of nurse managers in relation to registered sickness absence among the nursing staff
• The influence of training supervisor in effective leadership on sickness absence of their employees
• To investigate the characteristics of zero-absentees