Smoking and Its Impacts on Absenteeism and Stress: A Preliminary Study

The article highlights a preliminary study on smoking and its impact on absenteeism and stress in the work place. The article also includes an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in explaining the behavior of smoking. The Theory of Planned Behavior which was proposed by Icek Ajzen is used...

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Main Authors: Jong, Jee Leong, Helmi, Sumilan, Heng, Chin Siong, Florianna, Lendai Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNIMAS Publisher 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17519/1/Smoking.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17519/
http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/issue/view/61/showToc
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Summary:The article highlights a preliminary study on smoking and its impact on absenteeism and stress in the work place. The article also includes an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in explaining the behavior of smoking. The Theory of Planned Behavior which was proposed by Icek Ajzen is used to predict an individual’s behav-ioural control and intention which are influenced by attitude and social norms to per-form a behaviour. This article also discusses previous researches done on smoking and its relationship with absenteeism and stress among employees in organizations.