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Why Do Employees Come to Work When Ill? An investigation into sickness presence in the workplace

Authors:  Katherine Ashby and Michelle Mahdon

Date:  April 2010

One of the UK’s first studies to investigate the links between sickness presence and individual performance could also help reduce sickness absence.

Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership

Authors:  Penny Tamkin, Gemma Pearson, Wendy Hirsh and Susannah Constable

Date:  January 2010

This groundbreaking, in-depth two-year study captures the essence of outstanding leadership– all the more important to thrive in these challenging times.

Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership

Authors:  Penny Tamkin, Gemma Pearson, Wendy Hirsh and Susannah Constable

Date:  January 2010

This groundbreaking, in-depth two-year study captures the essence of outstanding leadership – all the more important in these challenging times.

Good Jobs

Authors:  Susannah Constable, David Coats, Stephen Bevan, Michelle Mahdon

Date:  November 2009

Employers believe ‘good jobs’ are linked to success: according to the survey in this report, employers want new government policies to encourage the creation of ‘good jobs’.

Quality people management for quality outcomes:

Authors:  Alexandra Albert, Jane Sullivan and Wilson Wong

Date:  August 2009

Sector:  HR

This report provides a succinct but thorough survey of existing evidence on managing people at work and a practical analysis of the gaps – a synthesis of what is already understood but also an outline of what The Future of HR's major new research project is now tasked with finding out.

Satisfying Employer Demand for Skills

Authors:  Susannah Constable and Anna T Touloumakos

Date:  April 2009

A new report by The Work Foundation, commissioned by City and Guilds, argues the gap between government perceptions and small businesses' needs is inhibiting the take-up of government training initiatives.

People and the Bottom Line

Authors:  Penny Tamkin, Marc Cowling and Will Hunt

Date:  February 2008

The two-year study suggests that organisations with a comprehensive approach to people management perform better than those without, indicated by higher profits

Improving Social and Health Care Services

Authors:  Rebecca Fauth and Michelle Mahdon

Date:  November 2007

Sector:  Social Care

SCIE commissioned this knowledge review to describe the processes and actions that have proven most effective in bringing about and sustaining improvement in social care services

Work, Health and Absence in the UK Public Sector

Authors:  Stephen Bevan and Michelle Mahdon

Date:  May 2006

Prepared for The Benenden Healthcare Society, this report looks at patterns of work and sickness absence particularly across the public sector, ways to mitigate the risks and gaps in NHS provision for the key causes of absence.

Measuring public value 2: Practical approaches

Authors:  Dione Hills and Fay Sullivan

Date:  January 2006

The task addressed in Measuring public value 2: Practical approaches is to consider how public value is or can be measured

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