Bad management linked to heart disease

Tue 25 Nov 2008

Bad management has been linked to workers' heart disease, researchers say.

According to scientists from Stockholm University, heart disease was made more likely by certain leadership styles.

Research by the university set out to investigate the association between managerial leadership and heart disease.

The study said the results suggested that a "present and active manager" countered "destructive processes in work groups".

In doing so, it speculated they would then promote "regenerative rather than stress-related physiological processes in employees".

The study asked participants to declare how competent their bosses were at communicating, giving feedback and accepting change.

The more competent that managers were, the better the health of their workers and the reverse was also found to be true.

A separate study by the Population Health Research Institute in Ontario found Western diets to blame for a third of heart attacks.

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