Is sickness absence related to attitudes? Several studies point to attitudes as an important factor for sickness absence. We study the relation between sickness absence and attitudes towards possible reasons for sick leave, towards cheating and towards work, by linking a survey among Norwegian healthcare workers, aimed at identifying attitudes, to detailed data on sickness absence from the employers. We find that there is an association between sickness absence and certain attitudes but mainly for self-certified sick leave. Employees with more lenient attitudes towards sick leave have more self-certified sick leave, but not more GP-certified sick leave. Furthermore, we find no evidence of attitudes being able to explain the persistently observed differences is absenteeism between different demographic groups.

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态度不好吗？态度与疾病缺席之间的关系

疾病缺席与态度有关吗？多项研究指出，态度是造成疾病缺席的重要因素。我们通过将旨在确定态度的挪威医护人员之间的一项调查与雇主关于病假的详细数据联系起来，研究了病假与对病假，作弊和工作的态度之间的关系。我们发现，病假与某些态度之间存在关联，但主要是针对自我证明的病假。对病假态度较宽大的员工拥有更多的自我证明病假，但没有更多由GP证明的病假。此外，我们发现没有证据表明态度能够解释持续观察到的差异是不同人口群体之间的缺勤。