Borgh Madeleine, Persson Roger, Leo Ulf, Håkansson Carita
Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden.
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 18;25(1):2493. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23690-4.
In Sweden, managers, individuals working within education, and parents with small children are three groups at high risk for sick leave due to stress-related mental health problems. However, the combined risk of being a parent and manager working within education, i.e., as a principal, on individual work and life satisfaction is not well understood or well-described in the scientific literature. Accordingly, the present study aimed to examine to what extent indicators for occupational balance and organisational and social work environment factors are predictors of work and life satisfaction among Swedish school principals who are also parents to small children.
A prospective longitudinal study design was used, and data were collected with a one-year interval (T1 and T2) using a web survey. The participants (n = 149) had at least one child under 8 years old and answered the survey at T1 and T2. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate how predictors at T1 determined the reporting of work and life satisfaction at T2.
Supportive organisational structures and few role conflicts at T1 predicted work satisfaction at T2, and supportive organisational structures and a perception of occupational balance at T1 predicted life satisfaction at T2. Adjusted for outcomes at T1, supportive organisational structures and occupational balance still remained predictors.
Supportive organisational structures that clearly define authority and areas of responsibility, and few role conflicts appear to be important for reporting higher work satisfaction among Swedish principals with small children. In addition, high occupational balance and supportive organisational structures that clearly define authority and areas of responsibility also appear to be important for reporting higher life satisfaction. These results suggest that employers of principals with small children may help them by taking action in the above-mentioned areas. The principals themselves could also benefit from being attentive to these issues. Both are important for strengthening public health and preventing sick leave.
在瑞典,管理人员、教育工作者以及有小孩的家长这三类人群因与压力相关的心理健康问题而休病假的风险较高。然而,身兼教育机构管理人员(即校长)和家长这双重身份对个人工作和生活满意度的综合影响,在科学文献中尚未得到充分理解和描述。因此,本研究旨在探讨职业平衡指标以及组织和社会工作环境因素在多大程度上能够预测瑞典那些身为小孩家长的校长的工作和生活满意度。
采用前瞻性纵向研究设计,通过网络调查,每隔一年(T1和T2)收集一次数据。参与者(n = 149)至少有一个8岁以下的孩子,并在T1和T2时回答调查问卷。使用逻辑回归分析来估计T1时的预测因素如何决定T2时工作和生活满意度的报告情况。
T1时支持性的组织结构和较少的角色冲突预测了T2时的工作满意度,T1时支持性的组织结构和职业平衡感预测了T2时的生活满意度。在对T1时的结果进行调整后,支持性的组织结构和职业平衡仍然是预测因素。
明确界定职权和责任范围的支持性组织结构以及较少的角色冲突,对于提高瑞典有小孩的校长的工作满意度似乎很重要。此外,较高的职业平衡以及明确界定职权和责任范围的支持性组织结构,对于提高生活满意度似乎也很重要。这些结果表明,有小孩的校长的雇主可以通过在上述领域采取行动来帮助他们。校长自身也可以从关注这些问题中受益。这两者对于加强公众健康和防止病假都很重要。