Studying absenteeism in principles of macroeconomics: Do attendance policies make a difference?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-234

  Self, Sharmistha ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

absenteeism; negative attendance policy; positive attendance policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864850780     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2012.686382     Document Type: Review

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