Organizational Injustice and CVD
“British civil servants reporting high relational injustice (low supervisor support) were 41% more likely to develop heart disease over a follow-up period of 8.7 years [71]. Similarly, Finnish factory workers reporting low supervisor support were 64% more likely to develop heart disease over 25 years [72]. These increased risks were seen after adjusting for age, gender, standard risk factors such as cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking, and job strain and effort-reward imbalance.”
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71. Kivimaki, M., J. Ferrie, E. Brunner, et al., Justice at Work and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease among Employees: The Whitehall II Study, Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, pp. 2245-2251, 2005.
72. Elovainio, M., P. Leino-Arjas, J. Vahtera, and M. Kivimaki, Justice at Work and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study, Journal of Psychosomatic 61 pp. 271-274, 2006.
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