Leadership styles of nurse managers and registered sickness absence among their nursing staff

Strengthening the nursing and midwifery unit manager role: an interim programme evaluation

“…Taken together, the results from the previous research and present study strongly support the suggestion that strong nurse leaders play a vital role in fostering a positive work environment (Weberg 2010, Baernholdt & Cottingham 2011, Duffield et al. 2011, Duygulu & Kublay 2011, Schreuder et al. 2011).…”

Organizational climate and employee mental health outcomes

“…This last aspect is in line with Schmalenberg and Kramer's (2009) observation that high-quality nurseYphysician relationships not only lead to positive patient outcomes but also to positive outcomes among nurses and physicians. Regarding relationships with leadership and supervision, we particularly found evidence that relationship-focused management (using predictors such as ''good relationship with manager'' and ''leadership alignment'') had positive effects on emotional exhaustion, indicating that relationshipfocused managers are crucial in protecting health care employees from burnout (see also Schreuder et al, 2011).…”

“…Relationship-oriented leadership styles and behaviors play an important role in maintaining mentally healthy employees. Including competences such as showing concern and support in management development training can stimulate the development of relationshipfocused leadership styles (Schreuder et al, 2011).…”

Cross-National Validation of Prognostic Models Predicting Sickness Absence and the Added Value of Work Environment Variables

“…Previous research already showed that leadership behaviour is relevant for the understanding of SA [26]. Schreuder et al [27] reported that leadership styles predict the number of SA episodes among Dutch hospital nurses. This corroborates our finding that leadership quality contributes to the SA episodes model, although Schreuder and colleagues used a different theoretical framework.…”