An Effective Absenteeism Policy: How Employers Use it to Improve Employees’ Attendance Behavior, Working Life?

Aldoghan, Mohammed; Elrayah, Musaddag

doi:10.21608/aja.2021.188911

An Effective Absenteeism Policy: How Employers Use it to Improve Employees’ Attendance Behavior, Working Life?

نوع المستند : بحوث باللغة الإنجلیزیة

المؤلفون

Management Department, School of Business, King Faisal University, Eastern Area, Hassa, Hofuf, KSA

10.21608/aja.2021.188911

المستخلص

The traditional viewpoint always looks to employees as a source of the problem. Examining the relationship between an effective absenteeism policy and employees’ attendance behavior as well as their wellbeing at work will change this viewpoint. 219 employees from the petrochemical sector in the Eastern Area targeted for this study. A sample of 139 employees selected randomly for the purpose of this study. 22 questions are formulated to study the main indicators of the relationships between the variables of this study. A self- administered questionnaire used a five-point Likert structured sent through emails to 139 respondents who represent the selected sample of employees from the eastern area industrial sector. Data collected was analyzed to provide some descriptive and correlations results. Study findings have shown a positive correlation between the variables of this study. The findings show that an effective absenteeism policy might help to decrease the work-related accidents, decrease the work-related illness, improving the overall attendance satisfaction and employees’ wellbeing.

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النص الكامل

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المراجع

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Baker‐McClearn, D.; Greasley, K.; Dale, J. & Griffith, F. (2010). “Absence management and presenteeism: The pressures on employees to attend work and the impact of attendance on performance”, Human Resource Management Journal, 20 (3), pp. 311-328.

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Dew, K.; Keefe, V. & Small, K. (2005). “Choosing’to work when sick: workplace presenteeism”, Social Science & Medicine, 60 (10), pp. 2273-2282.

Duncombe, D. C. (2019). “Factors influencing voluntary absenteeism among healthcare workers in the Bahamas”, Nursing Economics, 37 (2), pp. 92-109.

Edwards, P. & Scullion, H. (1984). “Absenteeism and the control of work”, The Sociological Review, 32 (3), pp. 547-572.

Fang, T.; Lee, B.; Timming, A. & Fan, D. (2019). The effects of work-life benefits on employment outcomes in Canada: A multivariate analysis. Vol. 74, No. 2, Spring.

Furnham, A. & Bramwell, M. (2006). “Personality factors predict absenteeism in the workplace”, Individual Differences Research, 4 (2).

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Goff, S. J.; Mount, M. K. & Jamison, R. L. (1990). “Employer supported child care, work/ family conflict, and absenteeism: A field study. Personnel Psychology, 43 (4), pp. 793-809.

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Lu, M. L.; Nakata, A.; Park, J. B. & Swanson, N. G. (2014). “Workplace psychosocial factors associated with work-related injury absence: A study from a nationally representative sample of Korean workers”, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21 (1), PP. 42-52.

MacGregor, J. & Cunningham, J. B. (2018). “To be or not to be… at work while ill: A choice between sickness presenteeism and sickness absenteeism in the workplace”, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 5 (4), PP. 314-327.

Matilla-Santander, N.; Lidón-Moyano, C.; González-Marrón, A.; Bunch, K.; Martín-Sánchez, J. C. & Martínez-Sánchez, J. M. (2019). “Attitudes toward working conditions: are European Union workers satisfied with their working hours and work-life balance?”, Gaceta Sanitaria, 33 , PP. 162-168.

Mowday, R. T.; Porter, L. W. & Steers, R. M. (2013). Employee-organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism and Turnover: Academic press.

Peel, M. J. & Wilson, N. (1990). “Labour absenteeism: The impact of profit sharing, voice and participation”, International Journal of Manpower, 11 (7), PP. 17-24.

Steers, R. M. & Rhodes, S. R. (1978). “Major influences on employee attendance: A process model”, Journal of Applied Psychology, 63 (4), P. 391.

Strömberg, C.; Aboagye, E.; Hagberg, J.; Bergström, G. & Lohela-Karlsson, M. (2017). “Estimating the effect and economic impact of absenteeism, presenteeism, and work environment-related problems on reductions in productivity from a managerial perspective”, Value in Health, 20 (8), PP. 1058-1064.

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CIPD. (2019). Wellbeing Report: UK, pp.12-43, retrieved from: https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/culture/well-being/health-well-being-work

CIPD. (2019). Absence management survey report: UK, pp.1-9, retrieved from:https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/absence/absence-management-surveys

SHRM. (2014). Total financial impact of employee absence report: US, pp.1-3, retrieved from:https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/trends-and-forecasting/research-and- surveys/Documents/Total%20Financial%20Impact%20of%20Employee%20Absences%20Report.pdf

SHRM. (2014). Employee absence survey, US, pp.1-3, retrieved from: https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/press-room/press releases/pages/employeeabsencessurvey.aspx