Putting employee involvement in context: A cross-level model examining job satisfaction and absenteeism in high-involvement work systems

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3462-3476

  Zatzick, Christopher D ^a   Iverson, Roderick D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Employee involvement; High involvement work systems; Multilevel research; Organizational context

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053287226     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561016     Document Type: Article

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