Sickness absence management: Encouraging attendance or 'risk-taking' presenteeism in employees with chronic illness?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1461-1472

  Munir, Fehmidah ^a   Yarker, Joanna ^b   Haslam, Cheryl ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Employees; Organizational policies; Presenteeism; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 54349085375     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701637380     Document Type: Article

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