Open AccessA multi-wave study of organizational justice at work and long-term sickness absence among employees with depressive symptoms
Author(s) -
Pernille U Hjarsbech,
Karl Bang Christensen,
JB Bjørner,
Ida E. H. Madsen,
Sannie Vester Thorsen,
Isabella Gomes Carneiro,
Ulla Christensen,
Reiner Rugulies
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3401
Subject(s) - organizational justice , economic justice , depressive symptoms , psychology , poisson regression , longitudinal study , confidence interval , demography , medicine , organizational commitment , psychiatry , social psychology , population , cognition , environmental health , political science , sociology , pathology , law
Mental health problems are strong predictors of long-term sickness absence (LTSA). In this study, we investigated whether organizational justice at work - fairness in resolving conflicts and distributing work - prevents risk of LTSA among employees with depressive symptoms.