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  2. Absenteeism - Wikipedia

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    High absenteeism in the workplace may be indicative of poor morale, but absences can also be caused by workplace hazards or sick building syndrome.Measurements such as the Bradford factor, a measurement tool to analyze absenteeism which believes short, unplanned absences affect the work group more than long term absences, do not distinguish between absence for genuine illness reasons and ...

  3. Bradford Factor - Wikipedia

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    The theory is that short, frequent, and unplanned absences are more disruptive than longer absences. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development the term was first coined due to its supposed connection with research undertaken by the Bradford University School of Management in the 1980s.

  4. Absence management - Wikipedia

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    Absence management programs aim to maximize productivity by supporting an employee from initial absence through return-to-work and stay-at-work plans. [ 2 ] In 2015, the CDC Foundation estimated that physical injury or illness costs US employers $225.8 billion annually. [ 3 ]

  5. Leave of absence - Wikipedia

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    Vacation department staff leave: Employees who work in departments where yearly seasonal vacation is admissible cannot earn leave. Other leaves are applicable. Special disability leave; Child adoption leave; Educational leave of absence: Leave of absence to continue schooling or complete a degree.

  6. Sociology of absences - Wikipedia

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    The goal of this sociology is to make impossible objects possible, to make absent objects present. To put it another way, it makes it possible to map the abyss mentioned above and it describes the mechanisms of rejection of certain forms of sociability into non-existence, into radical invisibility, into the negligible and the insignificant.

  7. In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays - Wikipedia

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    The collection includes essays on the subjects of sociology, ethics and philosophy.In the eponymous essay, Russell displays a series of arguments and reasoning with the aim of stating how the 'belief in the virtue of labour causes great evils in the modern world, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies instead in a diminution of labour' and how work 'is by no means one of the ...

  8. Employee motivation - Wikipedia

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    Employee motivation is an intrinsic and internal drive to put forth the necessary effort and action towards work-related activities. It has been broadly defined as the "psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's behavior in an organisation, a person's level of effort and a person's level of persistence". [1]

  9. Dérive - Wikipedia

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    Dérive, as a previously conceptualized tactic in the French military, was "a calculated action determined by the absence of a greater locus", and "a maneuver within the enemy's field of vision". [8] To the SI, whose interest was inhabiting space, the dérive brought appeal in this sense of taking the "fight" to the streets and truly indulging ...