A prospective study of managers’ turnover and health in a healthcare organization

Abstract

Healthcare organizations should focus not only on developing individuals in their managerial role but also on strengthening the conditions that allow managers to exercise their leadership and to ensuring that the managers most suitable for their posts do not leave.

Job Demands and Job Resources in Human Service Managerial Work An External Assessment ThroughWork Content Analysis

“…External assessments of the working conditions can be valuable in validating other qualitative as well as quantitative results, especially among managers that repeatedly have shown to underestimate unadvantagous work situations and ill-health (e.g., Skagert et al, 2012). Furthermore, in order to avoid over-reporting of unfavorable work characteristics among those with psychological distress, it is preferable to use methods that aim to distinguish the actual conditions from the individual's emotional response to them (Waldenström et al, 2008).…”

“…Recent evidence from the human service sector points to a troublesome work situation, and to the problems of attracting and retaining skilled managers (Arman et al, 2009;Corin et al, 2016;Danielson et al, 2012;Höckertin, 2007;Skagert et al, 2012). First-line managers of human service organizations are particularly exposed and in disadvantageous work situations (e.g., Berntson et al, 2012;Björk, 2013).…”

Health-Promoting Managerial Work: A Theoretical Framework for a Leadership Program that Supports Knowledge and Capability to Craft Sustainable Work Practices in Daily Practice and During Organizational Change

“…Also, self-rated health and work attendance had increased among their employees, as measured by employee questionnaires [28]. However, the health and working conditions of the managers themselves had not improved, and there were several indications of more stress, and stressful work conditions among managers [17][18][19]29,30], in addition to high turnover rates [31] for managers in the public sector. These challenges were often associated with the demands of organizational restructurings and continuous workplace changes [17,30,32].…”

Swedish Healthcare Managers and the Media – A Study of Strategies and Support During Mass Media Attention

“…According to Skagert, Dellve, Eklöf, Pousette and Ahlborg (2008) and Skagert, Dellve and Ahlborg (2012), the most common perceived stressors among Healthcare managers are the following: unclear expectations, conflicts of legitimacy, conflicts regarding objectives, value conflicts and loneliness.…”

“…This management model emphasises the importance of personal responsibility among Healthcare managers. Skagert, Dellve and Ahlborg (2012) conducted a study that showed that among Healthcare managers 40 percent had resigned from their management position within a four-year period. Similar results were presented in a study performed by Stengård (2013) concerning municipal care services, where 20 percent of the managers had resigned within a two-year period.…”