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Need-supportive leadership behaviors and sickness absence among employees: the mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0834-1040
Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, Hønefoss, Norway.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4263-8080
2024 (English)In: Applied Psychology: an international review, ISSN 0269-994X, E-ISSN 1464-0597, Vol. 73, no 4, p. 1688-1698Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Research exploring relationships between leadership behaviors and sickness absence is scarce. Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT), the present study examined: (i) the relationship between need-supportive leadership and sickness absence; and (ii) whether satisfaction of the basic psychological needs mediates the relationship between need-supportive leadership and sickness absence. Municipal employees (n = 347, 78% women, age span = 19–66 years) provided baseline data on perceived need-supportive leadership and reported their need satisfaction at work 8 weeks later. Sickness absence data were obtained from municipality records. Two-part regression models showed that need-supportive leadership was negatively associated with sick days (b = −0.28, 95% CI [−0.45, −0.11]). Need-supportive leadership had an indirect effect on the number of sick days through a composite score of need satisfaction (ab = −1.96, 95% CI [−5.11, −0.12]). Mediation models with each need separately indicated that autonomy (ab = −2.12, 95% CI [−5.33, −0.23]) and relatedness (ab = −1.33, 95% CI [−3.41, −0.11]) mediated the relationship between need-supportive leadership and number of sick days. Need-supportive leadership and need satisfaction at work may function as protective factors that provide followers with opportunities to deal with symptoms of ill health and reduce the risk of prolonged sickness absence.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2024. Vol. 73, no 4, p. 1688-1698
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interpersonal behaviors, leadership, self-determination theory, sickness absence, Swedish municipal workers
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Applied Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-220005DOI: 10.1111/apps.12523ISI: 001142112800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85182491376OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-220005DiVA, id: diva2:1833066
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