Work strain, health, and absenteeism: A meta-analysis.

Darr, Wendy; Johns, Gary

doi:10.1037/a0012639

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“…In addition, 4 studies allowed us to calculate the diagnostic odds ratio (Glas, Lijmer, Prins, Bonsel, & Bossuyt, 2003), an overall measure of diagnostic accuracy expressing the strength of association between the questionnaire measuring absenteeism and actual absence behavior. These studies, which also speak to convergent validity, were analyzed separately, as in Darr and Johns (2008).…”

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The reliability, validity, and accuracy of self-reported absenteeism from work: A meta-analysis.

Johns¹,

Miraglia

2015

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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Because of a variety of access limitations, self-reported absenteeism from work is often employed in research concerning health, organizational behavior, and economics, and it is ubiquitous in large scale population surveys in these domains. Several well established cognitive and social-motivational biases suggest that self-reports of absence will exhibit convergent validity with records-based measures but that people will tend to underreport the behavior. We used meta-analysis to summarize the reliability, validity, and accuracy of absence self-reports. The results suggested that self-reports of absenteeism offer adequate test–retest reliability and that they exhibit reasonably good rank order convergence with organizational records. However, people have a decided tendency to underreport their absenteeism, although such underreporting has decreased over time. Also, self-reports were more accurate when sickness absence rather than absence for any reason was probed. It is concluded that self-reported absenteeism might serve as a valid measure in some correlational research designs. However, when accurate knowledge of absolute absenteeism levels is essential, the tendency to underreport could result in flawed policy decisions.

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The reliability, validity, and accuracy of self-reported absenteeism from work: A meta-analysis.

Johns¹,

Miraglia

2015

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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“…Stress is worthy of particular attention. A metaanalysis by Darr and Johns (2008) reveals a rather modest negative correlation between work stress (specifically, strain) and absence. This small association might be due to the fact that stress is not seen as an especially legitimate reason to be absent (Johns & Xie, 1998), a potential recipe for presenteeism.…”

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Presenteeism in the workplace: A review and research agenda

2009

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SummaryPresenteeism refers to attending work while ill. Although it is a subject of intense interest to scholars in occupational medicine, relatively few organizational scholars are familiar with the concept. This article traces the development of interest in presenteeism, considers its various conceptualizations, and explains how presenteeism is typically measured. Organizational and occupational correlates of attending work when ill are reviewed, as are medical correlates of resulting productivity loss. It is argued that presenteeism has important implications for organizational theory and practice, and a research agenda for organizational scholars is presented.

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“…Specifically, Duijts et al [39] reported that the presence of psychological symptoms was associated with increased risk of sick leave of 3 days or less (adjusted OR = 1.27) and of more than 3 days (adjusted OR = 1.97). Darr and Johns [53] discussed a relationship between psychological illness and increased risk of absenteeism. O'Neil et al [37] reported that depression resulted in decreased work resumptions following myocardial infarction.…”

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Non-modifiable worker and workplace risk factors contributing to workplace absence: A stakeholder-centred synthesis of systematic reviews

White

Wagner

Schultz

et al. 2015

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Abstract. BACKGROUND:Workplace stakeholders report the identification and translation of relevant high quality research to inform workplace disability policy and practice is a challenge. The present study engaged academic and community stakeholders in conducting a best evidence-synthesis to identify non-modifiable risk and protective worker and workplace factors impacting work-related absence across a variety of health conditions. OBJECTIVE: To identify non-modifiable worker and workplace disability risk and protective factors impacting work-related absence across common health conditions. METHODS: The research team searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, BusinessSourceComplete, and ABI/Inform from 2000 to 2011. Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods systematic reviews of work-focused population were considered for inclusion. Two or more reviewers independently reviewed articles for inclusion and methodological screening. RESULTS: The search strategy, including expert input and grey literature, led to the identification of 2,467 unique records. From this initial search, 2325 were eliminated by title or abstract review, 142 articles underwent comprehensive review to assess for inclusion, 26 systematic reviews met eligibility criteria for this synthesis. M.I. White et al. / Non-modifiable worker and workplace risk factorsfound consistent evidence across two or more health conditions for increased risk of disability in situations where workers experience lower education, older age, emotional distress, poor personal functioning, decreased physical functioning, psychological symptoms, overweight status, and greater sick leave history. LIMITATIONS: Heterogeneity of existing literature due to differences in outcome measures, definitions and research designs limited ability to assess effect size and results reflect findings limited to English-language papers.

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Work strain, health, and absenteeism: A meta-analysis.

Cited by 308 publications

References 260 publications

The reliability, validity, and accuracy of self-reported absenteeism from work: A meta-analysis.

The reliability, validity, and accuracy of self-reported absenteeism from work: A meta-analysis.

Presenteeism in the workplace: A review and research agenda

Non-modifiable worker and workplace risk factors contributing to workplace absence: A stakeholder-centred synthesis of systematic reviews

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