The costs attributed to employee health problems are usually measured by employers in terms of direct health care costs, such as medical plan claims. Although it has been understood that employee health problems also produce indirect costs for employers, their measurement has been far less frequent. At best, studies have recorded one component of indirect health costs: the time lost to employee...

Purpose There is growing interest in the economic impact of workplace physical activity interventions, but evidence still lacking — especially Europe. Although, some on return investment (ROI) found literature, included studies may not be applicable to Europe situation. Therefore, objective this study was review current interventions European countries. Design/methodology/approach A systematic ...

In Poland patients with psychiatric problems form a large group; in 2010 there were almost 1.5 million people for whom outpatient psychiatric care was provided, whereas approximately 200 thousand ill individuals were treated in 24-h psychiatric wards. Only 17% of the mentally disabled are professionally active. The results of many researches show that despite the detrimental influence of mental...

The present study investigated the moderating influence of job longevity, age, and high-order needs on the relationships between five separate task dimensions and overall job satisfaction. Basically, it was found that the strength of the task dimension— job satisfaction relationships are significantly affected by job longevity regardless of age and high-order needs. More specifically, three sep...

INTRODUCTION Employers may incur costs related to absenteeism among employees who have chronic diseases or unhealthy behaviors. We examined the association between employee absenteeism and 5 conditions: 3 risk factors (smoking, physical inactivity, and obesity) and 2 chronic diseases (hypertension and diabetes). METHODS We identified 5 chronic diseases or risk factors from 2 data sources: Mar...

Aviation maintenance technicians play a vital role in air transportation. These workers are responsible for keeping aircraft airworthy and executing safety responsibilities. Undesirable stress levels may have a negative impact on work performance (Mowday, Porter, & Steers, 2013). Poor work performance may manifest in safety violations, absenteeism, turnover, and disengagement. These outcomes ma...

An instance of the operational fixed job scheduling problem arises when open work caused by unplanned events such as bus breakdowns and inclement weather and driver (operator) absenteeism needs to be covered by reserve (extraboard) drivers. Each work piece, which is referred to as a job, requires one operator who must work continuously between specified start and end times to complete the job. ...

The contribution of inadequate health worker numbers and emigration have been highlighted in the international literature, but relatively little attention has been paid to absenteeism as a factor that undermines health-care delivery in low income countries. We therefore aimed to review the literature on absenteeism from a health system manager's perspective to inform needed work on this topic. ...

The rapid rise of the service sector, and in particular the call centre industry has made the study of emotional labour increasingly important within the area of occupational stress research. Given high levels of turnover and absenteeism in the industry this article examines the emotional demands (emotional labour) of call centre work and their relationship to the job satisfaction and emotional...