A dialectical theory of the decision to go to work: Bringing together absenteeism and presenteeism

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-192

  Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^a   Whitman, Marilyn V ^a   Crawford, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Dialectical theory; Presenteeism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897590435     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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