TY - JOUR
T1 - The joint effects of noise, job complexity, and gender on employee sickness absence
T2 - An exploratory study across 21 organizations - The CORDIS study
AU - Fried, Yitzhak
AU - Melamed, Samuel
AU - Ben-David, Haim A.
PY - 2002/6
Y1 - 2002/6
N2 - Using objective indicators, organizational archives, and expert ratings, we examined the joint effects of noise, job complexity and gender on employee sickness absence. The sample consisted of 802 white-collar employees across 21 organizations in Israel. We hypothesized that noise would have the strongest positive correlation with absenteeism for female employees with high job complexity. The results supported this hypothesis. Moreover, the full regression model (including the sets of covariates, main effects terms, and interaction terms) explained a meaningful portion (34%) of the absenteeism measure. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future studies are discussed.
AB - Using objective indicators, organizational archives, and expert ratings, we examined the joint effects of noise, job complexity and gender on employee sickness absence. The sample consisted of 802 white-collar employees across 21 organizations in Israel. We hypothesized that noise would have the strongest positive correlation with absenteeism for female employees with high job complexity. The results supported this hypothesis. Moreover, the full regression model (including the sets of covariates, main effects terms, and interaction terms) explained a meaningful portion (34%) of the absenteeism measure. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future studies are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036083961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1348/09631790260098181
DO - 10.1348/09631790260098181
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AN - SCOPUS:0036083961
SN - 0963-1798
VL - 75
SP - 131
EP - 144
JO - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -