Return to work from long-term sick leave: a six-year prospective study of the importance of adjustment latitudes at work and home

Dellve, Lotta; Fallman, Sara L.; Åhlström, Linda

doi:10.1007/s00420-015-1061-y

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“…Earlier prospective studies have found a strong relationship between opportunities to choose work tasks and employees’ sustainable health, as workload variation and being able to take short breaks when needed provide opportunities for recovery. This is important the ability to sustain work despite musculoskeletal pain or stress (Dellve, Fallman, & Ahlstrom, ).…”

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Sustained lean transformation of working conditions: A Swedish longitudinal case study

Håkansson

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Waldenström³

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Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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Studies of lean production's effect on working conditions are mixed but point toward worsened conditions. The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess how lean contributes to transforming work characteristics in a medium‐sized specialized industrial family business. A mixed methods approach was used to combine an external assessment of work characteristics with self‐reported employee questionnaires. Favorable psychosocial working conditions were indicated, with role conflicts decreasing over time. The assessment of work provided descriptions of how lean practices contributed to decreased task control due to standardized work and simplified work processes. At the same time, employees still had opportunities to influence their long‐term work assignment. There was also a trend toward job enlargement through new, higher‐skilled tasks, multiskilling, and extended opportunities to influence work through different continuous improvement activities. The participative lean approach and type of skilled jobs may have contributed to this transformation.

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“…This is important the ability to sustain work despite musculoskeletal pain or stress (Dellve, Fallman, & Ahlstrom, 2016).…”

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Sustained lean transformation of working conditions: A Swedish longitudinal case study

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“…In this respect, a structured, systematic occupational health and safety management system, with activities and goals from health-promotive, preventive, and rehabilitation perspectives, is important for the prevention of employees' work-related injuries and diseases. These and other structural empowerment conditions are designed to decrease illness, but also increase influence and control, as well as delegate power and authority (i.e., enabling bureaucracy), of importance for both work satisfaction [10], and work attendance [56,57]. Likewise, can organizational preconditions support managers to better perform complex daily work practices in complex human service organizations?…”

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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

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Eriksson

2017

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Abstract:The aim of this article is to describe a theoretical framework, i.e., theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical principles, for leadership programs that support managers' evidence-based knowledge of health-promoting psychosocial work conditions, as well as their capability to apply, adapt, and craft sustainable managerial work practices. First, the theoretical framing is introduced, i.e., a system theory that integrates key work conditions with a practical perspective on managerial work and organization. Second, pedagogical principles and measures for leaders' training in integrated handling across system levels are described. Last, we present summarized results from an intervention study applying the theoretical framework and pedagogical principles. The complexity of interactions among different factors in a work system, and the variety in possible implementation approaches, presents challenges for the capability of managers to craft sustainable and health-promoting conditions, as well as the evaluation of the program components. Nevertheless, the evaluation reveals the strength of the program, in providing holistic and context-sensitive approaches for how to train and apply an integrative approach for improving the work environment.

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“…Having flextime has been shown to have an impact on job satisfaction [ 8 ] and a positive effect on productivity [ 10 ], although previously reported results were not specific for young women. Adult women with poor health and the opportunity to adjust their worktime were prospectively associated with increased work ability and return to work [ 28 ]; however, a large part of that study’s sample had poor work ability at baseline, which casts doubt on the appropriateness of a direct comparison with results of the current study. As no other recovery opportunities at work were found in the present study to be associated with excellent work ability among young women, other external factors such as duration and/or quality of sleep and/or relaxation between work-days may, in our opinion, be more important to their maintaining excellent work ability.…”

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Opportunities for recovery at work and excellent work ability - a cross-sectional population study among young workers

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BackgroundBetter opportunities for recovery at work are thought to be associated with work ability in a young workforce but evidence is scarce to lacking. The aim of this study was to examine cross-sectional associations between opportunities for recovery at work and excellent work ability among young workers and specifically for young workers with high work demands.MethodsA study group of 1295 women and 1056 men aged 18–29 years was selected from three biennial years of a population cohort. The subsample reporting high work demands consisted of 439 women and 349 men. The study group had completed a work environment questionnaire in a survey conducted by Statistics Sweden. Associations between opportunities for recovery at work and excellent work ability were assessed by multiple logistic regression models stratified for gender.ResultsHaving varied work was associated with excellent work ability in all young men (p < 0.0006; prevalence ratio [PR] 1.3) and also specifically in men with high work demands (p = 0.019; PR 1.3). For the latter group the possibility of deciding when to perform a work task was also associated with excellent work ability (p = 0.049; PR 1.3). Among young women with high work demands, the possibility of deciding one’s working hours was associated with excellent work ability (p = 0.046; PR 1.2).ConclusionsFor young men, having varied work can contribute to excellent work ability. In addition, for men with high work demands, the possibility of deciding when to perform a work task may be favourable for excellent work ability. For young women with high work demands, the possibility of deciding one’s working hours can contribute to excellent work ability. Employers could use these opportunities for recovery in promoting work ability among young workers.

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Return to work from long-term sick leave: a six-year prospective study of the importance of adjustment latitudes at work and home

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

Sustained lean transformation of working conditions: A Swedish longitudinal case study

Sustained lean transformation of working conditions: A Swedish longitudinal case study

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

Opportunities for recovery at work and excellent work ability - a cross-sectional population study among young workers

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