Absenteeism in Organizations: Causes, Effects, and Prevention

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on absenteeism in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Absenteeism is employees’ unscheduled absence from their jobs. Excessive absenteeism creates headaches for organizations because job tasks still need to be completed with fewer employees. This eBook explores the reasons employees miss scheduled days of work and analyzes the problems this causes for organizations. In short, this eBook: Examines the causes of absenteeism including stress, family care, bereavement, illness, bullying, poor supervisor, workload, working conditions, travel, personal reasons, injury, other employment, job searches, transportation, excessive hours, strange hours, religion, drugs and alcohol, attitude, age, seniority, boredom, family businesses, unrecognized holidays, and homeland visits. Explores the effects of absenteeism including costs, productivity, morale, trust, stress, and turnover. Suggests methods for prevention of absenteeism including hiring practices, rewards, job rotation, and communication. The text is written with simple explanations for easy reader understanding and comprehension. If you are interested in learning about absenteeism in organizations, then this eBook is for you.Read more