Predicting absenteeism from prior absenteeism, attitudinal factors, and nonattitudinal factors

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Prior absenteeism, job attitudes, demographic variables, and personality variables were correlated in a longitudinal study with absence frequency for 174 employees (mean age 34 yrs) in a manufacturing plant. Measures included the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Health Locus of Control (LOC) Scale, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Multiple regression analysis showed, as hypothesized, that tenure, marital status (married), group cohesiveness, self-esteem, and an internal health LOC were negatively related to absenteeism and that sex (female) and prior absenteeism were positively related to absenteeism. Job satisfaction, job level, and age did not predict absenteeism. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that prior absenteeism, group cohesiveness, and an internal health LOC accounted for unique variance in absenteeism. (28 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

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Keller, R. T. (1983). Predicting absenteeism from prior absenteeism, attitudinal factors, and nonattitudinal factors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68(3), 536–540. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.68.3.536

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