The determinants of labor absence: economic factors and workgroup norms across countries. From: Industrial and Labor Relations Review | Date: July 1, 1992| Author: Drago, Robert; Wooden, Mark | COPYRIGHT 1992 Cornell University, ILR Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The authors analyze causes of absence from work using data from a survey distributed in 1988 to workers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The results indicated that workgroup cohesion (the degree to which employees work together closely and harmoniously) was associated with low levels of absence if job satisfaction was high, but with high levels of absence if job satisfaction was low. Some employee characteristics associated with lower rates of absence were male gend...

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