The indirect association of job strain with long-term sickness absence through bullying: a mediation analysis using structural equation modeling

Abstract Background In this longitudinal study the complex interplay between both job strain and bullying in relation to sickness absence was investigated. Following the “work environment hypothesis”, which establishes several work characteristics as antecedents of bullying, we assumed that job stra...

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Main Authors: Heidi Janssens, Lutgart Braeckman, Bart De Clercq, Annalisa Casini, Dirk De Bacquer, France Kittel, Els Clays
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3522-y