What is it about?
Previous studies show that organizational justice is associated with a lower risk of sickness absence (SA). The purpose of this study was to analyze this association with multi-cohort data from different employment sectors and to discover whether the association varies according to the general economic context or financial situation of the workplace.
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Why is it important?
Perceived organizational justice is important for employees' health and well-being. According to our results, workers fairly treated by their supervisors have a lower risk of sick leave, and even in unstable financial times will take sick leave when ill.
Perspectives
The association between organizational justice and a lower risk of SA is in line with previous studies when the financial situation of the workplace is stable. In unstable economic conditions, employees may have the courage to take sick leave when they are ill if they are fairly treated by their supervisor.
Pasi Pyöriä
Tampereen yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: Relational justice, economic fluctuations, and long-term sickness absence: a multi-cohort
study, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, February 2019, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health,
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3806.
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