Absenteeism in the Nordic countries

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-29

  Løkke, Ann Kristina ^a   Eskildsen, Jacob K ^a   Jensen, Troels Wendelboe ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b Markedsconsult A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Denmark; Finland; Norway; Personality; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845453432     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710714450     Document Type: Article

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