Associations between psychosocial work environment factors and the well-being of frontline hospital managers: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Promoting manager well-being is important for organizations. Failure to do so can harm employees directly through contagion effects on employee well-being and indirectly by hindering managers' leadership efforts. This comes with the risk of reducing employee motivation and job satisfacti...

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Publicado en:Health Care Management Review Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 231 - 243
Autores principales: Hansen, Ane-Kathrine Lundberg, Kirkegaard, Tanja, Gayed, Aimee, Jacobsen, Christian Bøtcher, Dalgaard, Vita Ligaya
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jul-Sep2026
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          Hansen, Ane-Kathrine Lundberg
          Kirkegaard, Tanja
          Gayed, Aimee
          Jacobsen, Christian Bøtcher
          Dalgaard, Vita Ligaya
        affil: Ane-Kathrine Lundberg Hansen, MSc, is Data manager, King Frederik Center for Public Leadership, Aarhus University, Denmark. E-mail
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          Psychological Well-Being Denmark
          Health Facility Administrators Psychosocial Factors
          Work Environment Psychosocial Factors
          Hospitals
          Human
          Exploratory Research
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Surveys
          Denmark
          Organizational Culture
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Motivation
          Job Satisfaction
          Health Resource Allocation
          Questionnaires
          Health Services Needs and Demand
          Psychological Safety
          Workload
          Shiftwork
          Descriptive Research
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Descriptive Statistics
          Bivariate Statistics
          Linear Regression
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
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      ab: Background: Promoting manager well-being is important for organizations. Failure to do so can harm employees directly through contagion effects on employee well-being and indirectly by hindering managers' leadership efforts. This comes with the risk of reducing employee motivation and job satisfaction, potentially harming organizational performance. Despite its importance, manager well-being remains underexplored in research. Purpose: This study aims to enhance the understanding of demands and resources in the psychosocial work environment of frontline hospital managers and how these factors are associated with their well-being. Methodology/Approach: Using a sample of 514 frontline managers working in Danish hospitals, we analyzed relationships between psychosocial work environment factors and manager well-being through descriptive statistics and OLS regressions. Qualitative insights from an open-ended question were further used to illustrate the investigated dynamics. Results: We observed substantial variation in the managers' well-being levels, with average levels lower than those in the Danish general population. Frontline hospital managers face substantial demands in their daily work, but they also report having access to important resources. For the associations between factors in the psychosocial work environment and manager well-being, we found particularly strong associations between frontline hospital manager well-being and the organizational climate, possibilities for performing work tasks, and emotional as well as quantitative demands. Practice implications: This study contributes to knowledge on well-being among frontline managers and highlights critical factors for public organizations to address in their efforts to support well-being among their managers.
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