The Economy and Absenteeism: A Macro-Level Study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shoss, Mindy K.; Penney, Lisa M.
• 署名单位: Saint Louis University; University of Houston System; University of Houston
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0026953
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 881-889
• 关键词: economy; sickness absence; workplace violence

摘要

Despite much specula don, little is known about the net effects of the economy on the employed workforce. To fill this gap, we used state-level data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine the effects of the condition of the economy, as indicated by the unemployment rate, on incidence rates of absence reportedly due to symptoms of illness and violent acts in the workplace for 43 states from 1992 to 2009. Our results suggest that the unemployment rate is positively associated with these indicators of absenteeism, and that these effects are delayed in time.