What do we know about employee absence behavior? An interdisciplinary interpretation

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-96

  Kaiser, Carl P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032335894     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(99)80078-X     Document Type: Article

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