Having a bad attitude? The relationship between attitudes and sickness absence

Artikel

Is sickness absence related to attitudes? Several studies point to attitudes as an important factor for sickness absence. We study the relation between sickness absence and attitudes towards possible reasons for sick leave, towards cheating and towards work, by linking a survey among Norwegian healthcare workers, aimed at identifying attitudes, to detailed data on sickness absence from the employers. We find that there is an association between sickness absence and certain attitudes but mainly for self-certified sick leave. Employees with more lenient attitudes towards sick leave have more self-certified sick leave, but not more GP-certified sick leave. Furthermore, we find no evidence of attitudes being able to explain the persistently observed differences is absenteeism between different demographic groups.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor Policy ; ISSN: 2193-9004 ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 11 ; Pages: 1-27 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Labor Economics: General ; Public Sector Labor Markets
• Thema: Norway ; Sickness absence ; Attitudes ; Absenteeism ; Demographic groups ; Gender ; Survey ; Healthcare sector

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Hauge, Karen Evelyn ; Ulvestad, Marte Eline
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40173-017-0088-y
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/194360
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ