Personal and Organizational Determinants of Perceived Absence Norms

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1085-1102

  Gellatly, Ian R ^a   Luchak, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

absence culture; employee absenteeism; group norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993748605     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100805     Document Type: Article

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