Absenteeism in Israeli schoolteachers: An organizational ethics perspective

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Rosenblatt, Zehava ^a   Shapira Lishchinsky, Orly ^b   Shirom, Arie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethical climate; Israel; Organizational ethics; Schoolteachers; Stress; Work absence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952883917     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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