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South African law and policy regulating learner absenteeism at public schools: Supporting an ecosystemic management approach

South African Journal of Education, 2016
Learner absenteeism often occurs involuntarily due to learners’ social and economic circumstances. Notwithstanding this fact, there is a worldwide trend towards a more punitive and retributory management approach to address learner absenteeism.
Susan Coetzee, Rienie Venter
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Factors Impacting Employee Absenteeism and the Managers’ Perception of its Causes in the Hotel Industry [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020
The economic viability and success of a hotel depends on the optimisation of all resources, including Human Resources (HR). Absenteeism is an occurrence that can have a significant negative impact on optimising HR in South African hotels in the Gauteng ...
Harriet Mukwevho, Alufheli Edgar Nesamvuni, Joseph Robert Roberson   +2 more
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Class Attendance and Students’ Evaluations of Teaching: Do No-Shows Bias Course Ratings and Rankings? [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Many university departments use students’ evaluations of teaching (SET) to compare and rank courses. However, absenteeism from class is often nonrandom and, therefore, SET for different courses might not be comparable.
Berger U., Esser H., Henss R., Keuschnigg M., Kirby A., Little R. J., Long J. S., Merritt D. J., Patzer G. L., Sporn B., Tinto V., Wilkesmann U., Wolbring T, Wooldridge J. M.   +13 more
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Worker absence and shirking : evidence from matched teacher-school data. [PDF]

, 2007
We utilise a unique matched teacher-school data set of absenteeism records to quantify the impact of group interaction on the absence behavior of primary and secondary teachers. To address problems of identification our study focuses on teachers who move
Bradley, Steve, Green, Colin, Leeves, Gareth   +2 more
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The lost productivity cost of absenteeism due to COVID-19 in health care workers in Iran: a case study in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Human resources management plays an important role in social development and economic growth. Absence from work due to health problems can make obstacles to the growth of economy. This study conducted aimed to estimate the absenteeism costs of
Ahmad Faramarzi, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Ali Asghar Najafpoor, Aziz Rezapour   +4 more
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The relationship between psychosocial job stressors and insomnia: The mediating role of psychological capital

Nursing Open, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Aim This study aimed to examine the association of job‐related stressors and insomnia; to determine the association of psychological capital and insomnia; and to explore whether psychological capital mediates the association between job‐related stressors and insomnia among Chinese nurses. Design A cross‐sectional questionnaire survey.
Juan Du, Shi‐Zhe He, Min‐Jie Li, Chao Wu, Wen‐Kai Zheng, Lin‐Yuan Zhang, Chun‐Ni Heng, Chun‐Ping Ni, Hong‐Juan Lang   +8 more
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What We’re Missing

AERA Open, 2017
For schools and teachers to help students develop knowledge and skills, students need to show up to class. Yet absenteeism is prevalent, especially in secondary schools.
Camille R. Whitney, Jing Liu
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The reliability, validity, and accuracy of self-reported absenteeism from work: a meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Because of a variety of access limitations, self-reported absenteeism from work is often employed in research concerning health, organizational behavior, and economics, and it is ubiquitous in large scale population surveys in these domains. Several well
Johns, Gary, Miraglia, Mariella
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The association of adolescent spinal-pain-related absenteeism with early adulthood work absenteeism: A six-year follow-up data from a population-based cohort

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2018
OBJECTIVES: Spinal (ie, back and neck) pain often develops as early as during adolescence and can set a trajectory for later life. However, whether early-life spinal-pain-related behavioral responses of missing school/work are predictive of future work ...
Pieter Coenen, Anne Smith, Peter Kent, Mark Harris, Steven J Linton, Glenn Pransky, Darren Beales, Peter O’Sullivan, Leon Straker   +8 more
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Gender differences in the longitudinal association between obesity, and disability with workplace absenteeism in the Australian working population.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Excess weight can increase absenteeism of workers and can have a negative influence on their productivity. Current evidence on this association is mostly based on cross-sectional data and there is little evidence concerning the longitudinal ...
Syed Afroz Keramat, Khorshed Alam, Jeff Gow, Stuart J H Biddle   +3 more
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