The data were collected as part of IZZ VitaliteitvoordeZorg, which is funded by Stichting IZZ. Stichting IZZ is a nonprofit collective of employers and employees in healthcare. The authors did not receive any funding for writing this article. The authors would like to thank Marcel Lankhaar (PwC), Eline Nap (PwC), Annelies Versteegden (former PwC) and Anouk ten Arve (Stichting IZZ) for their contributions in developing this study. Furthermore, the authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive suggestions on previous versions of this article.

If health care organizations want to address mental health issues among their staff, our findings suggest that organizations will benefit from incorporating organizational climate factors in their health and safety policies. Stimulating a supportive atmosphere among coworkers and developing relationship-oriented leadership styles would seem to be steps in the right direction.