Absenteeism and employee sharing: An empirical analysis based on French panel data, 1981-1991

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-251

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Fakhfakh, Fathi ^b   Sessions, John G ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERMES   (France)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000683341     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200205     Document Type: Article

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