Absence and return to work: Towards a research agenda

Personnel Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Cunningham, Ian ^a   James, Philip ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Human resource management; Sickness; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842789494     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480010295790     Document Type: Article

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