Getting sick for profit? The impact of cumulative ICT and management changes on long term sickness absence

Mohamed Ali Ben Halima, Nathalie Greenan and Joseph Lanfranchi

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, vol. 212, issue C, 659-688

Abstract: This article evaluates the impact of cumulative ICT and management changes on long-term sickness absences. We use a unique dataset matching a company-level survey on computerisation and organisational change with an administrative file allowing us to track health issues amongst the working population. We implement a difference-in-difference approach using two time windows: a three-year period after changes have occurred and another period corresponding to the period of implementation of changes. We identify three treatments according to the sets of tools implemented by firms and reflecting different types and degrees of organisational changes: Information and Communication technology (ICT) changes only, management changes only, and cumulative ICT and management changes.

Keywords: Organizational changes; Information and Communication technology (ICT); Management changes; Long-term sickness absences; Gender and age behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J28 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.06.008

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