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Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm1, Mehmet Mehmetoglu, Inge Houkes
1From the Work Research Institute, OsloMet, Oslo, Norway (Dr Bernstrøm); Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (Dr Mehmetoglu); Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (Dr Houkes).
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of four team-level work environment factors as potential mediators and moderators of the relationship between shiftwork and sickness absence.
Methods:
In a longitudinal cohort study, we analyze data obtained from 11,842 employees in a large Norwegian hospital using generalized structural equation model estimations.
Results:
The results did not support a moderation hypothesis. The results did support partial mediation, showing a significant indirect positive relationship between shiftwork and short-term sickness absence via participation, a significant indirect positive relationship between shiftwork and long-term sickness absence via control, and a significant indirect negative relationship between shiftwork and long-term sickness absence via commitment.
Conclusions:
These results support that differences in available work environment resources may partially explain the increased level of sickness absence among shiftworkers.
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