The Effect of Employee Assistance Services on Reductions in Employee Absenteeism

Nunes, Ana Paula de Oliveira Barbosa; Richmond, Melissa K.; Pampel, Fred C.; Wood, Randi C.

doi:10.1007/s10869-017-9518-5

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“…We employ organizational absenteeism rates as an indicator for repetitive change injury on the organizational level for two specific reasons. First, the symptoms of repetitive change injury—that is, perceptions of lack of control, as well as increased stress and anxiety levels—are among the top contributors to employee absenteeism (Cooper & Dewe, ; Gosselin, Lemyre, & Corneil, 2013; Nunes, Richmond, Pampel, & Wood, ). Repetitive change injury and organizational absenteeism rates can therefore be expected to be strongly correlated, making absenteeism rates a good indicator for repetitive change injury on the organizational level.…”

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Are public organizations suffering from repetitive change injury? A panel study of the damaging effect of intense reform sequences

2019

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In the last decade, reforms in the public sector have been implemented at an ever‐increasing pace. Hereby, organizations are repetitively subject to mergers, splits, absorptions, or secessions of units; the adoption of new tasks; changes in legal status; and other structural reforms. Although evidence is largely missing in the literature, there is a growing belief that such intense reform sequences may be damaging to organizations. This article aims to fill this gap in the literature by empirically examining the existence of such repetitive change injury for public organizations. To do so, we employ organizational absenteeism rates as an indicator for repetitive change injury and link this to the reform sequences an organization experienced. Results indicate that intense reform sequences disproportionally increase organizational absenteeism rates, supporting the existence of repetitive change injury and suggesting that reforms remain rooted in organizational memories for a longer time than is often assumed.

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Are public organizations suffering from repetitive change injury? A panel study of the damaging effect of intense reform sequences

2019

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“…Direct costs relate to the payment of fixed wages to absent workers and the costs of overtime. Indirect costs include negative effects on the quality of services offered, costs caused by lost productive time of colleagues and supervisors (Nunes, 2017). When hiring a replacement workforce, administrative costs increase as it is necessary to maintain the selection and training of new members.…”

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“…Employee Assistance Program -EAP is important instrument of employee assistance in relation to behavioral health problems, personal problems and work-related problems that cause absences (Nunes, 2017). Through various types of information, counseling, education, and evaluation services, EAP helps individuals and organizations address productivity-related issues, such as health, family, financial, and emotional issues, relationships and justice at work, bullying, stress, etc.…”

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Work Absenteeism Management in Project-Oriented Organizations

Lipovac¹

2020

European Project Management Journal

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“…These programs assist employees with behavioral health issues, personal concerns, and work-related problems to change of behavior. The study of Nunes et al (2018) provides empirical evidence that users of EAP tend to reduce their absenteeism at a faster pace than non-EAP users experiencing similar challenges to maintain productivity.…”

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Well-Being Lessons for Improving Charities’ Online Recruitment

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In an increasingly competitive context, attracting and retaining the best employees are a real preoccupation and a big challenge for organizations. Online recruitment (OR) is a growing trend, and corporate websites are an important instrument for talent attraction, but academic research on this topic is still scarce, especially in the voluntary sector. To shed light on the topic, this study examines and compares the 100 best companies to work for, published by Fortune, and the 100 largest charities, reported by Forbes. The comparative study focuses the attention and quantifies the web section devoted to careers, concretely information related to goods practices affecting the workers well-being. The results indicated, as essential in the OR process of charities, to understand the relevance of their web content because that affects the intentions of potential applicants. The work concludes that benchmarking efforts can be helpful for increasing the charities’ attractiveness in the labor market in the near future.

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The Effect of Employee Assistance Services on Reductions in Employee Absenteeism

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 publications

Are public organizations suffering from repetitive change injury? A panel study of the damaging effect of intense reform sequences

Are public organizations suffering from repetitive change injury? A panel study of the damaging effect of intense reform sequences

Work Absenteeism Management in Project-Oriented Organizations

Well-Being Lessons for Improving Charities’ Online Recruitment

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