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Download full textTang, Thomas Li-Ping; Hammontree, Monty L. – 1989
The emphasis in stress-illness research has begun to shift recently toward the study of resistance resources. Social support has been identified as a potentially important moderator of the stress-illness relationship. In this study, hardiness in a sample of police officers was examined. Subjects (N=60) were police officers from seven suburban…
Descriptors: Coping, Employee Absenteeism, Physical Health, Police
Greene, Robin; Nowack, Kenneth M. – 1991
Recent research has suggested that individual differences in the personality measure of hardiness are related to health status. This 3-year longitudinal study with full-time employees (N=229) investigated the association between stress, two separate measures of personality hardiness, and objective (absenteeism due to illness verified from…
Descriptors: Employee Absenteeism, Employees, Health, Longitudinal Studies
Jacobson, Stephen L.; And Others – 1993
Findings of a study that formulated and tested new ways of thinking about teacher absence are presented in this paper, which is based on the premise that teacher absenteeism is a social invention that must be studied within the context of the work site and understood as a function of the social exchange that occurs therein. Prior research has used…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Employee Absenteeism, Interaction
Watt, David M.; Jones, Paul – 1993
Any proposal for training has to satisfy two major components: it must be job relevant and be accomplished without major interruption of work schedules, while incorporating strategies to help eliminate absenteeism. One recently developed model for basic skills training, the Immersion Instructional Model, meets these criteria and provides…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Employee Absenteeism
Parker, Sandra – 1995
Employee absenteeism is a problem faced by all library and information service managers as it erodes both salary budgets and productivity. It can have an undermining effect on staff morale, and may be an indicator of low staff motivation levels. There are two types of absence, unavoidable and avoidable, which can be measured using lost time and…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Employee Absenteeism, Foreign Countries
2001
This document contains four papers on organizational enhancement and human resource development (HRD). "Motivation to Improve Work through Learning in Human Resource Development" (Sharon S. Naquin, Elwood F. Holton III) argues that HRD's traditional conceptualization of motivation should be expanded to incorporate motivation to use…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Attitudes, Employee Absenteeism, Employee Attitudes
