Involvement and structure: a qualitative study of organizational change and sickness absence among women in the public sector in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational changes in modern corporate life have become increasingly common and there are indications that they often fail to achieve their ends. An earlier study of 24,036 employees showed that those who had repeatedly been exposed to large increases in staffing during 1991-1996 had an excess risk of both long-term sickness absence and hospital admission during 1997-1999, while moderate expansion appeared to be protective. The former was most salient among female public sector employees. We used qualitative interviews to explore work environment factors underlying the impact of organizational changes (moderate and large expansions in staffing) on sickness absence from an employee perspective.

Method

We interviewed 21 strategically selected women from the earl

SUBMITTER: Baltzer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114725 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature