Vi vet att vd-jobbet kan vara väldigt stressade. Pressen som följer med ansvaret och utsattheten kan påverka både den mentala och fysiska hälsan. Men samtidigt ger vd-rollen mycket autonomi, och vanligtvis en god lön. Både autonomin och ekonomin är positivt korrelerade till hälsa berättar tidigare forskning.
Forskning visar: Så mår du, vd
Vd-rollen Det är tufft på toppen. Så hur mår svenska vd:ar egentligen? Överraskande bra, visar en unik forskningsstudie, som dock avslöjar att när vd:n drabbas av mental ohälsa – då står avgången för dörren.

Hälsa, särskilt mental hälsa, korrelerar med utnämning till vd nästan lika mycket som kognitiv förmåga. Foto: Adobe stock
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Så hur mår Sveriges vd:ar? Joacim Tåg är professor i nationalekonomi vid Hanken och programdirektör vid Institutet för näringslivsforskning i Stockholm. Han har tillsammans med forskarkollegorna Matti Keloharju och Samuli Knüpfer analyserat ett unikt material bestående av anonymiserade registerdata för 40 000 vd:ar samt resten av Sveriges hela befolkning, som fått bilda jämförelsegrupp för vd:arna i studien.
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