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Work absence in industrialised societies: the Australian case
Author(s) -
Crawford Bob,
Volard Sam
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1981.tb00358.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , incidence (geometry) , business , operations management , political science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics
In this paper, Bob Crawford and Sam Volard present an analysis of the causes for temporary non‐approved work absence in which they isolate the extent of the ‘sickie’ in Australian industry. They suggest areas in which management can properly institute programmes which are likely to reduce the incidence of this largely avoidable and costly organisational problem.