Journal article
Reducing Older Workers' Sickness Absence: The Moderating Role of Perceived Fairness
Work, aging and retirement, Vol.6(2), pp.130-136
04/01/2020
DOI: 10.1093/workar/waz022
Abstract
Although aging is often associated with higher vulnerability for illness, research has reported mixed results regarding the relationship between workers' age and sickness absence. Drawing on social exchange theory, we propose that perceived fairness may attenuate the positive association between employee age and sickness absence. We tested our hypotheses by matching employee survey data with organizational archival data on sickness absence from a public sector organization in Lithuania (n = 458). Our findings showed that perceived fairness buffered the negative effect of age on sickness absence, which provides important implications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reducing Older Workers' Sickness Absence: The Moderating Role of Perceived Fairness
- Creators
- Bernadeta Gostautaite - ISM University of Management and EconomicsYiduo Shao - University of Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Work, aging and retirement, Vol.6(2), pp.130-136
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/workar/waz022
- ISSN
- 2054-4642
- eISSN
- 2054-4650
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380406502771
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