Many studies have linked employee health to workplace conditions but a new Swedish study called WOLF, involving more than 3200 men aged 19 to 70 without pre-existing ischemic heart disease who were working in Stockholm, suggested a significant effect of concrete managerial skills on employee heart disease risk .
All the participants were asked to rate the leadership style of their senior managers on competencies, researchers found that the poorer the men rated their boss's leadership ability, the higher the risk of heart disease. The risk increased the longer the men worked in the same stressful environment.
The lead researcher said "Enhancing managers' skills -- regarding providing employees with information, support, power in relation to responsibilities, clarity in expectations, and feedback -- could have important stress-reducing effects on employees and enhance the health at workplaces".
Source: Nyberg A, et al "Managerial leadership and ischaemic heart disease among employees: the Swedish WOLF study" Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008; DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039362. (See BBC link )
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