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Strategies in Absence Management *
Author(s) -
Erwin Peter J.,
Iverson Roderick D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119503200302
Subject(s) - lisrel , absenteeism , tobit model , intervention (counseling) , sample (material) , sick leave , business , punctuality , causal model , structural equation modeling , psychology , marketing , operations management , social psychology , economics , labour economics , econometrics , computer science , engineering , medicine , chemistry , chromatography , pathology , machine learning , psychiatry , transport engineering
The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the link between theory, research and the development of intervention strategies to reduce absenteeism in a large Australian manufacturing organization. A causal model was tested on a sample of 310 blue‐collar employees at the organization. The LISREL and tobit results indicated that several factors had a significant effect on the level of absenteeism. These causal factors comprised routinization, supervisory support, job motivation, external responsibilities, accumulated sick leave, and previous warnings. Intervention strategies based on these results are described together with initial findings regarding their effectiveness in reducing absenteeism.