The Determinants of Labor Absence

Economic Factors and Workgroup Norms across Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3291666
AutoresRobert Drago (0000-0003-2701-5918, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), M Wooden (0000-0003-2236-4166)
Año1992
Volumen45
Número4
Páginas764-778
Fecha de publicación1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979399204500411
OpenAlexW2012994456
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias 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