Financial stress and absenteeism: An empirically. derived model

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-42

  Kim, Jinhee ^a   Garman, E Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Financial education; Financial stress; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748327190     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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