... and places the articles in context. Findings A creative environment has many positive tangible outcomes in the workplace. Such outcomes include increased creative and innovative behaviours but also lead to reduced negative outcomes such as employee absenteeism. An increased creative environment leads...

... Prevention Performance Regulatory focus Behavior Promotion Absenteeism The regulatory focus theory posits that motivations and pursuit of goals can be followed in one of two ways: either under a promotion focus or a prevention focus. In a business context, under a promotion focus, an employee...

... on employee absenteeism within the context of policing. Design/methodology/approach Three separate reward systems are identified by the effort-reward imbalance model. In this study, the authors assessed these individual components for their contribution to officer withdrawal behavior in the form...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Absenteeism Leave United States of America Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 2 Grossman R.J. HR Magazine (USA), September 2011, Vol. 56 No. 9...

...S. Hemsley © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Health Sick leave Absenteeism United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 1 Hemsley S. Human Resources (UK), July 2011, Start page...

... describes how Sandwell Homes had been committed to tackling absenteeism and had shaved four days off its average absence level, but the figure then stagnated, despite continued efforts. The high levels of absence were harming the organization's performance and delivery of service. Sandwell Homes...

... Group Publishing Limited 2009 Absenteeism Employee attitudes Local authorities A culture‐change program has helped a London local authority to cut the average number of days lost through sickness from around 15 per employee per year to just above eight – with a continuing downward trend...

... – at one site the average absence rate was halved – the scheme is now being rolled out to additional sites across the business. Figure 1 A Wincanton truck © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Absenteeism Costs Human resource management Supply chain management...

... employee health and productivity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Absenteeism Health and safety Buses United Kingdom Sickness absence is an expensive problem. The Confederation of British Industry estimates that its average direct financial cost to a UK company is at least...

...N. Caverley © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Absenteeism Sick leave Employee behaviour Sickness presenteeism, sickness absenteeism, and health following restructuring in a public service organization Caverley N. , Cunningham J.B. , MacGregor J.N...

... previously very high. The company focused on encouraging staff to take responsibility for their health and well being, empowering line managers better to address absenteeism and making changes to the profit‐related pay (PRP) scheme to target frequent short‐term absenteeism.Practical implicationsShows how...

... move from long‐term sickness to ongoing incapacity benefit. Of the 2.7 million people now receiving incapacity benefit, only 30 people rejoin the workforce each week. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Absenteeism Illness Health Tesco GNER Supermarket chain Tesco is piloting...

... their credentials as carriers of the work ethic torch. Generally, this posturing achieved nothing but neither was it particularly damaging. Employee absenteeism, on the other hand, has long been the subject of research and debate because it is so costly. In a handful of councils participants commented on the high...