1. Examining the Impact of Worker and Workplace Factors on Prolonged Work Absences Among Canadian Nurses.
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Franche, Renée-Louise, Murray, Eleanor, Ibrahim, Selahadin, Smith, Peter, Carnide, Nancy, Côté, Pierre, Gibson, Jane, and Koehoorn, Mieke
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ANALYSIS of variance , *BULLYING , *CHI-squared test , *COMPUTER software , *CORPORATE culture , *DECISION making , *MENTAL depression , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *MANAGEMENT , *NURSES , *PAIN , *PROBABILITY theory , *REGRESSION analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *RESPECT , *STATISTICAL sampling , *STATISTICS , *SURVEYS , *WORK environment , *DATA analysis , *PEER relations , *SOCIAL support , *CROSS-sectional method - Abstract
The article presents a study on the effect of worker and work environment factors on lengthy work absences among nurses in Canada. It explores a conceptual model for work absenteeism, which identifies the relationship between worker and workplace factors in determining the duration of work absences. It notes that considering several factors including workplace violence may address high prevalence of work absenteeism among Canadian nurses.
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- 2011
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