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dc.contributor.authorMastekaasa, Arne
dc.contributor.authorDale-Olsen, Harald
dc.contributor.authorHellevik, Tale
dc.contributor.authorLøset, Gøril Kvamme
dc.contributor.authorØstbakken, Kjersti Misje
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-14T09:28:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T13:21:48Z
dc.date.available2019-12-14T09:28:13Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T13:21:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationMastekaasa, A., Dale-Olsen, H., Hellevik, T., Løset, G.K. & Østbakken, K.M. (2019). The gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 1-7. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819890783en
dc.identifier.issn1403-4948
dc.identifier.issn1403-4948
dc.identifier.issn1651-1905
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7922
dc.description.abstractAims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes toward women’s than toward men’s absence, as this might contribute to higher rates of sickness absence among women. Differences between managers and other employees are also assessed. Methods: Vignettes were used to measure attitudes toward the legitimacy of sickness absence. The vignettes consisted of brief case descriptions of individuals considering asking their physicians for sick leave, with information about the medical condition (mainly taken from the descriptions in ICPC-2), occupation and gender. Respondents judged how appropriate sickness absence was in each case. Quota sampling was used, and the effective sample size was 899 managers and 1396 other employees, and each respondent evaluated either four or six vignettes. Generalised ordinal logistic regression was used. Results: The gender of the vignette person had no effect on the managers’ evaluations of the appropriateness of sickness absence. Irrespective of the gender of the vignette person, however, managers were generally more restrictive than non-managers. Conclusions: Different attitudes on the part of managers toward sickness absence in men and women do not seem to contribute to gender differences in sickness absence, but managers are generally more restrictive than are non-managerial employees.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by a grant from the research Programme on Sickness Absence, Work, and Health by the research Council of Norway (grant no. 237993; https://www.forskningsradet.no/prosjektbanken/#/project/NFr/237993).
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScandinavian Journal of Public Health;2019
dc.rightsOnce full citation information for your Contribution is available, please include this with your posted Contribution, in a format similar to the following: Author(s), Contribution Title, Journal Title (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [DOI number]. Mastekaasa, A., Dale-Olsen, H., Hellevik, T., Løset, G.K. & Østbakken, K.M. (2019). The gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 1-7. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494819890783en
dc.subjectSickness absenceen
dc.subjectGendersen
dc.subjectAttitudesen
dc.subjectNormsen
dc.subjectManagersen
dc.subjectVignettes
dc.titleThe gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-12-14T09:28:13Z
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494819890783
dc.identifier.cristin1760782
dc.source.journalScandinavian Journal of Public Health
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 237993


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