The purpose of this study was to investigate sick leave use in the West Virginia Department of Education. Salary, gender, number of supervisors, job autonomy, job classification and stress were the factors chosen to relate to sick leave use. Salary, gender, number of supervisors and job autonomy were found to be related statistically to sick leave use. This study has implications for policy development pertaining to sick leave. Several explanations are offered for the findings.
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