caa a22 4500 606210830 CHVBK 20210128101035.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4 Supervisor Autonomy and Considerate Leadership Style are Associated with Supervisors' Likelihood to Accommodate Back Injured Workers [Elektronische Daten] [Connor McGuire, Vicki Kristman, William Shaw, Kelly Williams-Whitt, Paula Reguly, Sophie Soklaridis] Purpose To determine the association between supervisors' leadership style and autonomy and supervisors' likelihood of supporting job accommodations for back-injured workers. Methods A cross-sectional study of supervisors from Canadian and US employers was conducted using a web-based, self-report questionnaire that included a case vignette of a back-injured worker. Autonomy and two dimensions of leadership style (considerate and initiating structure) were included as exposures. The outcome, supervisors' likeliness to support job accommodation, was measured with the Job Accommodation Scale (JAS). We conducted univariate analyses of all variables and bivariate analyses of the JAS score with each exposure and potential confounding factor. We used multivariable generalized linear models to control for confounding factors. Results A total of 796 supervisors participated. Considerate leadership style (β=.012; 95% CI .009-.016) and autonomy (β=.066; 95% CI .025-.11) were positively associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate after adjusting for appropriate confounding factors. An initiating structure leadership style was not significantly associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate (β=.0018; 95% CI −.0026 to .0061) after adjusting for appropriate confounders. Conclusions Autonomy and a considerate leadership style were positively associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate a back-injured worker. Providing supervisors with more autonomy over decisions of accommodation and developing their considerate leadership style may aid in increasing work accommodation for back-injured workers and preventing prolonged work disability. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Supervisor nationallicence Job accommodation nationallicence Behavioral research nationallicence Return to work nationallicence Rehabilitation nationallicence Cross-sectional nationallicence McGuire Connor Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut Kristman Vicki Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut Shaw William Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Boston, MA, USA aut Williams-Whitt Kelly Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Calgary, AB, Canada aut Reguly Paula Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut Soklaridis Sophie Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/3(2015-09-01), 589-598 1053-0487 25:3<589 2015 25 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McGuire Connor Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kristman Vicki Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shaw William Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams-Whitt Kelly Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Calgary, AB, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reguly Paula Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soklaridis Sophie Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/3(2015-09-01), 589-598 1053-0487 25:3<589 2015 25 10926