Psychological climate, sickness absence and gender

  1. González Romá, Vicente
  2. Kivimäki, Mika
  3. Caballer Hernández, Amparo
  4. Ripoll Botella, Pilar
  5. Peiró Silla, José María
  6. Väänänen, Ari
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2005

Volumen: 17

Número: 1

Páginas: 169-174

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Clima psicológico, absentismo y género. Se investigó si la relación entre clima psicológico y absentismo por enfermedad está moderada por el género de los empleados. Se esperaba que la relación fuera más fuerte en hombres que en mujeres. Esta hipótesis general se puso a prueba utilizando dos muestras de enfermeros/as formadas por 114 varones y 189 mujeres. Los resultados obtenidos respaldaron nuestra hipótesis general. Las tres dimensiones de clima consideradas (apoyo, orientación hacia objetivos y orientación hacia reglas) mostraron una relación estadísticamente significativa con absentismo en la muestra de varones, pero no en la de mujeres.

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