Absence management and the issues of job retention and return to work

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 82-94

  James, Philip ^a   Cunningham, Ian ^b   Dibben, Pauline ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17444367192     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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