Malaya Journal of Matematik, Vol. S, No.

2, 773-774, 2020

https://doi.org/10.26637/MJM0S20/0155

A study on employee absenteeism

A. Umar Faiz 1 and C.S. Gowtham 2

Abstract
A study on employee absenteeism as a form of withdrawal behavior apart from turnover. studies examining the
psychometric properties of absence measures are reviewed, along with the relationship between absenteeism
and personal attitudinal, and organizational variables. Studies exploring the relationship between absenteeism
and turnover are examined according to the unit of analysis studied in research programmatic efforts to reduce
employee absenteeism are also reviewed.
Keywords
Employee absenteeism, personal attitudinal.
1,2 Department of Management Studies, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai-600073, Tamil Nadu, India.
Article History: Received 01 October 2020; Accepted 10 December 2020 2020
c MJM.

Contents According to Absenteeism ICQ, Absenteeism is a human

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
2 Review of Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
3 Objective Of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
4 Research Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
5 Secondary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
6 Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
7 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
1. Introduction
Absenteeism is the term generally used to refer to unsched-
uled employee absences from the workplace. Many causes of
absenteeism are legitimate personal illness or family issues,
for example but absenteeism can also be traced to factors such
as a poor work environment or workers who lack commitment
to their jobs. If such absences become excessive, they can ad-
versely impact the operations and, ultimately, the profitability
of a business.
Absenteeism is said to be there when an employee fails to
come to work when he is scheduled to work. It is an important
problem in many enterprises.
capital risk. A key goal of any organization is to be a good
employer. If employees feel that they can exploit loopholes
within an organization, they do not turn up for work; this
impacts on their self-worth and has a detrimental effect on the
organization.
3. Objective Of Study
1. Absenteeism should be completely eliminated (or)
largely reduced or should be controlled or maintained within
a tolerable limit.
2. The major reason behind the employee absenteeism in
the need to be identified and corrected.
4. Research Methodology
The research refers to search for knowledge and research
can also be defined as a systematic search for pertinent in-
formation on a specific topic, a careful inquiry or investiga-
tion especially through search for new facts in any branch of
knowledge.
5. Secondary Data

2. Review of Literature • Websites

Andrea Ichino and Regina T. Riphahn (2004) says that
absenteeism rates differ across countries in ways which are • Textbooks
not easy to explain and are typically connected to substantial
costs for the respective economies. • Magazines
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6. Findings

1. Majority of employees are belongs to the age group of

31-35.

2. 70% of employees belong to 10th standard.

3. 55% of employees feel poor about the organization.
4. 60% of the employees feel very good about working
condition

7. Conclusion
From the study, it is clear that the rate of employee’s
absenteeism this research highlights some of the small gaps in
employee’s satisfaction towards company. Large organization
face the problem of absenteeism more than small organization
does. The study will help the company to improve various
factors to reduce absenteeism.

References
[1] https://www.techshristi.com/project-report-on-
employees-absenteeism.
[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282704628.Employee
absenteeism its impact on productivity with references to
sukjit scratch mills at nizamabad

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