The impact of downsizing on remaining workers' sickness absence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1455-1462

  Østhus, Ståle ^a   Mastekaasa, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conditional poisson regression; Fixed effects; Norway; Organizational downsizing; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; EMPLOYMENT; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; SICK LEAVE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77956648271     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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