Adjustment latitude and attendance requirements as determinants of sickness absence or attendance. Empirical tests of the illness flexibility model

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1857-1868

  Johansson, Gun ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment latitude; Attendance requirements; Sickness absence; Sickness attendance; Sweden; Work organisation

Indexed keywords

MORBIDITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LATITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1542358748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00407-6     Document Type: Article

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