Date
2010
Dewey
Ressources humaines
Sujet
working conditions; social relations; Comparison between occupational grades; absenteeism; work organization
JEL code
M54; M12; J28
Conference name
3rd Annual EuroMed Conference in Business
Conference date
11-2010
Conference city
Nicosie
Conference country
Chypre
Book title
3rd Annual EuroMed Conference of the
EuroMed Academy of Business : "Business Developments Across
Countries And Cultures"
Author
Weber, Yaakov; Kaufmann, Hans R.; Tarba, Shlomo; Vrontis, Demetris
Publisher
EuroMed Press
Year
2010
Pages number
1489
ISBN
978-9963-634-83-5
Type
Communication / Conférence
Item number of pages
142-155
Abstract (EN)
Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore organizational factors which are responsible for sickness absence among occupational grades.
Design/methodology/approach The approach taken is a quantitative analysis with a multinomial logit model.
Findings As unexpected, for blue-collar employees, skill variety, monotony and flexible schedule don’t affect absenteeism but in the same time, colleagues support and autonomy increase short-term absenteeism. For lower white-collar, autonomy is negatively linked to three categories of absenteeism. This determinant of absenteeism seems quite strong for this grade. For clerks, flexible schedule increases short-term absences but decreases long-term absences. For upper white-collar, monotony and flexible schedule have a strong impact on absenteeism. Whatever the employees’ grade, hierarchical control and bullying have the effect of increasing absenteeism.
Practical implications We emphasize the importance of Human Resources Practices differentiated occupational grades.
Originality/value The interest of the study is to examine the relations between a large set of organizational factors (including bullying, tension with the public, aggression from the public) and absenteeism after controlling for many variables (size of the organization, work sector, gender, age, tenure, work status, social and occupation group, and position) and to compare the results between occupational grades.