The association of perceived leadership style and subjective well-being of employees in a tertiary hospital in Germany.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
14
07
2022
accepted:
18
11
2022
entrez:
13
12
2022
pubmed:
14
12
2022
medline:
16
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Professionals in the healthcare sector are a particularly vulnerable group for occupational strain due to high work-related psychological stress. For the implementation of targeted stress-prevention interventions as an important part of a workplace health management programme for all occupational groups and hierarchy levels, information about the current state of their mental health is mandatory. Hence, this study investigated the association of general well-being and different leadership styles among employees in a German tertiary hospital. Via an online survey, 10,101 employees were contacted. The final sample consisted of 1137 employees. Of these, 27.7% described themselves as leaders and 72.3% as followers. Most participants were female (74.8%), more than half were under 41 years old. Besides control variables, general well-being (WHO-5) and leadership style (transactional and transformational, laissez-faire and destructive leadership) were assessed. Leaders reported higher well-being scores than followers. Physicians without leadership responsibilities had the lowest scores for well-being. Practitioners of both transformational and transactional leadership were associated with higher well-being scores, while those practicing laissez-faire and destructive leadership had lower scores for almost every professional group. Results highlight the necessity for future multimodal health-preventive leadership interventions feature behavioural and organizational intervention modules specifically tailored to hospital professionals at different hierarchical and functional levels to foster the mental health of employees.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Professionals in the healthcare sector are a particularly vulnerable group for occupational strain due to high work-related psychological stress. For the implementation of targeted stress-prevention interventions as an important part of a workplace health management programme for all occupational groups and hierarchy levels, information about the current state of their mental health is mandatory. Hence, this study investigated the association of general well-being and different leadership styles among employees in a German tertiary hospital.
METHODS
Via an online survey, 10,101 employees were contacted. The final sample consisted of 1137 employees. Of these, 27.7% described themselves as leaders and 72.3% as followers. Most participants were female (74.8%), more than half were under 41 years old. Besides control variables, general well-being (WHO-5) and leadership style (transactional and transformational, laissez-faire and destructive leadership) were assessed.
RESULTS
Leaders reported higher well-being scores than followers. Physicians without leadership responsibilities had the lowest scores for well-being. Practitioners of both transformational and transactional leadership were associated with higher well-being scores, while those practicing laissez-faire and destructive leadership had lower scores for almost every professional group.
CONCLUSION
Results highlight the necessity for future multimodal health-preventive leadership interventions feature behavioural and organizational intervention modules specifically tailored to hospital professionals at different hierarchical and functional levels to foster the mental health of employees.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36512621
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278597
pii: PONE-D-22-19881
pmc: PMC9746986
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0278597Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2022 Erschens et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Références
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2017 Apr;67(3-04):161-173
pubmed: 28403499
BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 May 20;11:109
pubmed: 21599882
J Appl Psychol. 2006 Jan;91(1):58-69
pubmed: 16435938
Int J Nurs Stud. 2009 Sep;46(9):1236-44
pubmed: 19345946
J Adv Nurs. 2000 Apr;31(4):884-91
pubmed: 10759985
Psychol Med. 2007 Aug;37(8):1119-29
pubmed: 17407618
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 28;16(5):
pubmed: 30823428
Klin Padiatr. 2011 Jul;223(4):236-41
pubmed: 21563044
J Psychosom Res. 2021 May;144:110415
pubmed: 33743398
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 07;18(19):
pubmed: 34639831
Psychol Bull. 2003 Jul;129(4):569-91
pubmed: 12848221
BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 17;19(1):1694
pubmed: 31847898
J Appl Psychol. 2004 Oct;89(5):755-68
pubmed: 15506858
Psychother Psychosom. 2015;84(3):167-76
pubmed: 25831962
Psychother Psychosom. 1996;65(4):183-90
pubmed: 8843498
J Occup Health Psychol. 2000 Jan;5(1):84-94
pubmed: 10658888
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2012 Jan;85(1):67-79
pubmed: 21584721
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Mar 17;(3):CD003541
pubmed: 20238322
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2003;12(2):85-91
pubmed: 12830302
Z Psychosom Med Psychother. 2020 Sep;66(3):220-242
pubmed: 32876550
J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Aug;50(8):904-15
pubmed: 18695449
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 21;19(6):
pubmed: 35329420
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Oct 25;20(1):480
pubmed: 31653249
J Occup Health Psychol. 2017 Jul;22(3):381-393
pubmed: 28150998
Scand J Work Environ Health. 1989 Aug;15(4):271-9
pubmed: 2772582
Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Dec;90(12):1600-13
pubmed: 26653297
J Occup Health Psychol. 1996 Jan;1(1):27-41
pubmed: 9547031
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2021 Feb;94(2):203-220
pubmed: 33011902
Eur J Pediatr. 2010 May;169(5):551-5
pubmed: 19774393
BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Aug 13;9:148
pubmed: 19678932
J Occup Health Psychol. 2007 Jul;12(3):193-203
pubmed: 17638487
Lancet. 2016 Nov 5;388(10057):2272-2281
pubmed: 27692469
BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 8;21(1):468
pubmed: 33685418
J Occup Med Toxicol. 2015 Feb 25;10:7
pubmed: 25733980
J Adult Dev. 2010 Jun;17(2):110-119
pubmed: 20502508
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 15;19(2):
pubmed: 35055778
Trials. 2020 Jun 16;21(1):532
pubmed: 32546256
Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Nov;4(11):850-858
pubmed: 29031935
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Mar 20;15(3):
pubmed: 29558427
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:676953
pubmed: 24489588
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2018 Jul;91(5):623-631
pubmed: 29687327
Lancet. 2019 Jul 13;394(10193):93
pubmed: 31305255
Work Stress. 2012 Apr;26(2):91-111
pubmed: 22745519
Occup Environ Med. 2003 Jan;60(1):27-33; discussion 33-4
pubmed: 12499453
PLoS One. 2018 Jun 4;13(6):e0197375
pubmed: 29864128
Front Psychiatry. 2019 Sep 03;10:622
pubmed: 31551829
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 21;9(7):e102514
pubmed: 25048033
Int J Nurs Pract. 2016 Dec;22(6):538-545
pubmed: 27241867
BMC Public Health. 2015 Aug 01;15:738
pubmed: 26232123
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2019 Oct;28(5):1032-1041
pubmed: 31132216
Nurs Outlook. 2018 Mar - Apr;66(2):180-189
pubmed: 29174629
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Sep 25;9:CD010905
pubmed: 31560414