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Brazilian Teachers' Absenteeism
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- Title: Brazilian Teachers' Absenteeism: Work Design Predictive Model
- Author(s): Amalia Perez Nebra, Marina Greghi Sticca, Fabiana Queiroga, Núria Tordera
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Common Ground Open
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Educational Organization and Leadership
- Keywords: Work Context, Sickness Absence, Task Characteristics, Work Characteristics, Work Design
- Volume: 28
- Issue: 2
- Date: October 13, 2021
- ISSN: 2329-1656 (Print)
- ISSN: 2329-1591 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2329-1656/CGP/v28i02/117-130
- Citation: Perez Nebra, Amalia, Marina Greghi Sticca, Fabiana Queiroga, and Núria Tordera. 2021. "Brazilian Teachers' Absenteeism: Work Design Predictive Model." The International Journal of Educational Organization and Leadership 28 (2): 117-130. doi:10.18848/2329-1656/CGP/v28i02/117-130.
- Extent: 14 pages
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Abstract
Sickness-related absenteeism in teachers represents financial, social, and human costs. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between work characteristics and lengths of absence. The main hypothesis is that different work characteristics are predictors of different lengths of absenteeism. In total, 1,530 teachers participated in the study. The results supported the main hypothesis and suggested that physical demands, task identity, and job complexity are useful to explain absenteeism. It is concluded that analyzing different absenteeism lengths makes it possible to broaden the phenomenon discussion and qualify the relationship between work characteristics and absenteeism. This study has implications for interventions to reduce absenteeism.
