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Attitudes toward alcohol-related sickness absence and presenteeism: differences across subgroups of the population?

Schou, Line; Moan, Inger Synnøve; Storvoll, Elisabet
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2016
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Schou, Line Anita (2016) Group differences in alcohol-related sickness absence and attitudes. Doctoral thesis.
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Journal of Substance Use. 2016, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2016.1216617
Abstract
Background: More knowledge is needed to understand costly behaviors such as absence from work or reduced efficiency at work due to alcohol. The aim of this study was: (i) to map employees’ attitudes toward alcohol-related sickness absence and presenteeism and (ii) to examine how these attitudes vary across subgroups of the population.

Methods: Data stem from a web-survey among 18–69 year old Norwegians (N = 1407). The respondents evaluated six situations with alcohol-related sickness absence and presenteeism. The employees’ own drinking habits, alcohol-related sickness absence, and presenteeism were mapped.

Results: Attitudes toward alcohol-related absence were more restrictive than attitudes toward presenteeism. Both behaviors were condemned more strongly with frequent occurrence. Employees with a high intoxication frequency and/or own experience with these behaviors were more tolerant. Women were less tolerant of alcohol-related absence than men, and employees with a higher educational level were less tolerant of alcohol-related presenteeism than those with a low educational level. The other variables were not significant controlled for all other variables.

Conclusion: Alcohol-related sickness absence and presenteeism are generally not tolerated among Norwegian employees, unless it occurs very infrequently. Employees who were frequently intoxicated and who reported having had alcohol-related absence and presenteeism themselves were more tolerant.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Substance Use on 11/11/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14659891.2016.1216617
 
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