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Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study
AIM: The aim of this study was to identify first‐line managers' approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave among health care employees. INTRODUCTION: One challenge in health care is the high level of sick leave among employees. High work demands and conflicting pressures characterize t...
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35560674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13678 |
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author | Fallman, Sara L. Dellve, Lotta Kullén Engström, Agneta |
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description | AIM: The aim of this study was to identify first‐line managers' approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave among health care employees. INTRODUCTION: One challenge in health care is the high level of sick leave among employees. High work demands and conflicting pressures characterize the work situation of both employees and first‐line managers, with potential negative effects on work‐related health. METHOD: First‐line managers at units with low and/or decreasing sick leave were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: The managers took a holistic approach in meeting their employees' broader needs, and they were balancing high organisational demands through insubordination. To keep sick leave rate low, they created possibilities for the employees to influence their own working life through a present, visible and trustful leadership. CONCLUSION: Managers responsible for units with low sick leave seemed to utilize a holistic approach with focus on their employees and prioritized needs of their employees before organisational demands from top management. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: First‐line managers in health care can have impact on sick leave among their employees and create good working conditions, despite pressure from their superiors. |
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spelling | pubmed-100843982023-04-11 Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study Fallman, Sara L. Dellve, Lotta Kullén Engström, Agneta J Nurs Manag Regular Issue AIM: The aim of this study was to identify first‐line managers' approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave among health care employees. INTRODUCTION: One challenge in health care is the high level of sick leave among employees. High work demands and conflicting pressures characterize the work situation of both employees and first‐line managers, with potential negative effects on work‐related health. METHOD: First‐line managers at units with low and/or decreasing sick leave were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: The managers took a holistic approach in meeting their employees' broader needs, and they were balancing high organisational demands through insubordination. To keep sick leave rate low, they created possibilities for the employees to influence their own working life through a present, visible and trustful leadership. CONCLUSION: Managers responsible for units with low sick leave seemed to utilize a holistic approach with focus on their employees and prioritized needs of their employees before organisational demands from top management. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: First‐line managers in health care can have impact on sick leave among their employees and create good working conditions, despite pressure from their superiors. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-05-30 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10084398/ /pubmed/35560674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13678 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Nursing Management published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Regular Issue Fallman, Sara L. Dellve, Lotta Kullén Engström, Agneta Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title | Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title_full | Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title_short | Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: A qualitative study |
title_sort | managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave: a qualitative study |
topic | Regular Issue |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35560674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13678 |
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