The association of corporate work environment factors, health risks, and medical conditions with presenteeism among Australian employees

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-136

  Musich, Shirley ^a   Hook, Dan ^b   Banner, Stephanie ^b   Spooner, Michelle ^b   Edington, Dee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Australian Health Management Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate Environment Factors; Health Promotion; Health Risks; Manuscript format: research; Medical Conditions; Presenteeism; Prevention Research; Research purpose: instrument development, instrument testing; Study design: cross sectional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33751049672     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.2.127     Document Type: Article

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