Presenteeism: A Short History and a Cautionary Tale

Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-220

  Johns, Gary ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

"daily diary" studies, and electronic technology; Coalescence of presenteeism, and employee health; Conflation of cause and effect; Definitions of presenteeism; Lack of theory; Presenteeism, a short history; Problems with presenteeism research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885034146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119942849.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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