Attendance pressure during organizational change
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in International Journal of Stress Management
- Vol. 3 (1) , 47-59
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01857888
Abstract
The present study examines the relationships between aspects of the concept “attendance pressure” and sickness absenteeism. The study was carried out in a large public company in Norway during a major reorganization. It was hypothesized that employees with sickness absenteeism during this period would experience a high degree of attendance pressure in the form of reactions from managers, fellow workers, and job insecurity. Two surveys were carried out with the same sample (N=401). Attendance pressure in the form of censure pressure explained significant parts of the variance in sickness absenteeism. Employees with sickness absenteeism during the reorganization were a vulnerable group with low job satisfaction, significant health problems and low personal work ethics. Implications for preventive work on organizational level are discussed.Keywords
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