This paper investigated distinct longitudinal trajectories of absenteeism over time, and underlying demographic, work, and health antecedents. Data from the Household, Income, and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey were used; this is a panel study of a representative sample of Australian households. This paper focused on 2,481 full-time employees across a 5-year period. Information on annual si...

INTRODUCTION Job stress can impose significant costs to the workplaces and organizations due to some issues such as absenteeism, less productivity, and medical costs. Job overload and lack of decision latitude can lead to job stress. The current study aimed to investigate the job demands and control as predictor of job stress and its relationship, with some of the demographic characteristics of...

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This study examined a theoretical model that linked leadership, positive and negative workgroup environments, positive and negative affect and workgroup size with group-level voluntary and involuntary absence. Structural equation analyses were conducted on data obtained from 27,327 staff members in 852 schools. Overall, the results demonstrated that voluntary and involuntary absence each had di...

The deplorable state of publicly provided social services in many developing countries has attracted considerable attention in recent years from academics and policymakers alike (World Bank 2003). Health and education sectors are plagued by high provider absenteeism, little on-the-job effort from those who do come to work, and overall poor performance. For example, teachers in primary schools a...

Stress is an important issue within nursing and it is difficult to find agreement among those who are expert in the area regarding a concise definition of stress. Nevertheless stress is seen as a negative feeling affecting people's health either physically and/or psychologically. However, stress is a normal part of life and considered necessary to increase functional capacity, whereas stress ov...

Background: Job satisfaction is important for nursing home staff and nursing home management, as it is associated with absenteeism, turnover, and quality of care. However, we know little about factors associated with job satisfaction and dissatisfaction for nursing home workers. Methods: In this investigation, we use data from 251 caregivers to examine: what job satisfaction domains are importa...

Results: Results indicate that Emotion Coaching improved the pupil’s ability to regulate their feelings and had a positive effect upon teacherpupil relationships. Family-school relationships were supported by the school’s use of and modeling of Emotion Coaching with families and the ethos of attunement and non-judgemental interactions implicit in Emotion Coaching. Emotion Coaching promoted an i...

The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-accepted questionnaire designed to assess an individual’s work ability. However, most research with WAI has focused on occupational populations with physical demands at work. The purpose of this study is to explore the value of WAI as screening instrument among professionals in a Dutch university. Based on database data about absenteeism, questionnaire dat...

The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-accepted questionnaire designed to assess an individual’s work ability. However, most research with WAI has focused on occupational populations with physical demands at work. The purpose of this study is to explore the value of WAI as screening instrument among professionals in a Dutch university. Based on database data about absenteeism, questionnaire dat...