The Determinants of Labor Absence

Economic Factors and Workgroup Norms across Countries

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3291666
AutoresRobert Drago (0000-0003-2701-5918, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), M Wooden (0000-0003-2236-4166)
Ano1992
Volume45
Fascículo4
Páginas764-778
Data de publicação1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979399204500411
OpenAlexW2012994456
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas32

The authors analyze causes of absence from work using data from a survey distributed in 1988 to workers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The results indicate that workgroup cohesion (the degree to which employees work together closely and harmoniously) was associated with low levels of absence if job satisfaction was high, but with high levels of absence if job satisfaction was low. Some employee characteristics associated with lower rates of absence were male gender, short tenure, part-time status, and high wages; shiftwork, sick leave entitlements, and low unemployment rates were associated with higher rates of absence. The authors also find that the determinants of whether a worker was absent at least once in a given year are distinct from the determinants of the frequency and duration of absences among those workers who were absent at least once

Absenteeism · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Job satisfaction · Labour economics · Paid work · Unemployment · Work (physics) · Work hours · Workgroup · Working hours · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges