Health-oriented leadership, gender-differences and job satisfaction: results from a representative population-based study in Germany

BMC Public Health

Research

Nicola Jungbäck¹  Hans Drexler¹  Elisabeth Wischlitzki¹  Regina Lutz¹ 

[1] Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestraße 9-11, 91054, Erlangen, Germany;

关键词: Health-oriented leadership;    Gender differences;    Job satisfaction;    Self-rated health status;    Healthy leadership;    Leadership style;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-023-15014-1

 received in 2022-03-27, accepted in 2023-01-10,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn recent years, the topic of health-oriented leadership (HoL) has often been investigated with health-related outcomes like general health, strain, depression, and anxiety symptoms. In contrast, research which considers the gender of leaders and employees in connection to HoL as well as studies on relationships between HoL and job satisfaction, are scarce. The aim of this paper is to explore the relationships between HoL and health status assessed by employees and leaders, to analyse the relationships between HoL and job satisfaction as a non-health-related outcome for employees and leaders and to examine differences in the assessment of HoL between men and women in a representative dataset of the working population in Germany.MethodsData were collected via an access panel as a cross-sectional survey. The quota sample included 643 German workers (managers and employees). We focused on staff-care as a core component of HoL. Statistical analyses were performed using Pearson correlations and regression analyses as well as t-tests and Mann-Whitney-U-Tests.ResultsThe results showed no significant differences between male and female employees or leaders in assessing HoL. Regarding HoL we found relationships between self-rated health status or job satisfaction, both for the self-rated assessment of leaders and employees.ConclusionsOur findings indicate relationships between HoL and well-being as well as job satisfaction at the workplace. For interventions of any kind, the lack of gender effects leaves a wide scope for the implementation of health-promoting measures. In particular, the findings on the relationship between HoL and job satisfaction through leaders’ self-assessment could be used for salutogenic approaches to strengthen resources in leadership trainings.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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