【正文】 tion. In this study, we consider burnout as an indicator of psychological illhealth at work, which may result from either personality characteristics such as negative affectivity, work characteristics such as job demands, and somatic health plaints. Iverson, Olekalns, and Erwin(1998) presented and tested a model in which job satisfaction was considered an attitudinal consequence of burnout , where as absence from work was regarded as a behavioural consequence. Such a model would imply that correlations between job satisfaction and absence could be spurious, and are due to third variables, most notably, burnout. Nevertheless, in their study, a negative relationship between job satisfaction and absence remained after controlling for burnout. Iverson and his colleagues found evidence for a strong relation between burnout and job satisfaction, but only a weak relationship between burnout and the frequency of absence from work. Saxton, Phillips, and Blakeney(1991) examined the correlates of burnout (emotional exhaustion) among airline reservation workers with puterized work in a crosssectional study. In contrast to Iverson et al.(1998) , Saxton et al. considered low job satisfaction as an antecedent of burnout rather than a consequence. Moreover, absence frequency was considered a consequence of burnout. This study tested a model in which burnout could be regarded as a mediator of the relationship between job satisfaction and absence frequency. Their data seemed to 7 confirm the mediating role of burnout, but Saxton et al. did not explicitly test or mention mediation. Although not specifically concerned with burnout, the Hardy et al.(2020) study on the relationship between psychological distress and absenteeism is relevant here. This study showed that both general psychological distress and workrelated anxiety and depression contributed to higher subsequent absence. Moreover, they hypothesized and found that job satisfaction and psychological distress were independently related to subsequent absence. Finally, ToppinenTanner, Ojajarvi, Vaananen, Kalimo, and Jappinen(2020) found that burnout predicted future medically certified sickleave absences. Especially absences due to mental and behavioural disorders were more likely among those high in burnout. It should further be noted that job satisfaction and burnout are not measured with validated scales in this study. Job satisfaction was measured with a single item, instead of with an available multiitem scale. Burnout was measured with multiple items that were derived from a validated scale, but used dichotomized response scales instead of the original 7point scales.