Journal article
An evaluation of employee absenteeism as a coping mechanism among hospital nurses
Abstract
It has been proposed that the break from work provided by an occasional absence may help employees cope with various types of stress and thereby lead to an improvement in their overall condition when they return. In this study, the mean levels of nurses' daily ratings of personal problems, tiredness, ill‐health, sleep disruption, stress and job dissatisfaction were compared statistically across a period encompassing one shift of attendance, an …
Authors
Hackett RD; Bycio P
Journal
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 327–338
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
12 1996
DOI
10.1111/j.2044-8325.1996.tb00619.x
ISSN
0963-1798