'Taking a sickie': Job satisfaction and job involvement as interactive predictors of absenteeism in a public organization

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-89

  Wegge, Jürgen ^a   Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^b   Parkes, Carole ^c   Van Dick, Rolf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Work Physiology   (Germany)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33847688110     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317906X99371     Document Type: Article

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