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Medically-related absenteeism: random or motivated behavior?

C H Rushmore, S A Youngblood

    Journal of Occupational Medicine. : Official Publication of the Industrial Medical Association
    |April 1, 1979
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    This study explored absence proneness, finding that medically-related absenteeism is influenced by employee work and non-work preferences. Understanding these factors can help management address employee absence patterns.

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    Area of Science:

    • Organizational Psychology
    • Human Resource Management

    Background:

    • Absenteeism is a significant concern for organizations, with a common distinction made between medically-related and voluntary absences.
    • Medically-related absences are often presumed to stem from random causes, unlike voluntary absences which are seen as employee choice.
    • Absence proneness is defined as the tendency for individuals to repeat their absence behaviors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine alternative measures of absence proneness.
    • To investigate the motivational determinants of both medically-related and voluntary absenteeism.
    • To determine if employee perceptions of work and non-work factors influence absence patterns.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of three years of absence data from a single company sample.
    • Administration of a survey to measure employee perceptions of motivational determinants of absenteeism.
    • Utilizing multiple discriminant analysis to classify employees based on survey responses.

    Main Results:

    • The study found evidence of absence proneness in both medically-related and voluntary absenteeism.
    • Classification results indicated that medically-related absenteeism is linked to employee work and non-work preferences.
    • Employee perceptions of work and non-work factors were identified as motivational determinants of absenteeism.

    Conclusions:

    • Medically-related absenteeism is not solely due to random causes but has identifiable motivational determinants.
    • Employee work and non-work preferences play a role in medically-related absence patterns.
    • Findings offer insights for management to potentially mitigate absenteeism by addressing employee preferences.

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