Does network care prolong work absences?

Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-376

  Johnson, William G ^a,b   Baldwin, Marjorie L ^a   Johnson, Tricia J ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INJURY; OCCUPATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CALIFORNIA; CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745197560     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2006.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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