Work attitudes and employee absenteeism: A synthesis of the literature*
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Occupational Psychology · 1989
Hacket, Rick D.
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Three meta‐analyses of the relationship of employee absenteeism to job satisfaction have appeared in the literature (cf. Hackett & Guion, 1985; McShane, 1984; Scott & Taylor, 1985). While the size of the parameter estimates was similar across the three reviews, different interpretations were offered. Moreover, agreement was lacking over the status and impact of moderators. This paper summarizes and compares the results of these three separate reviews. Some refined analyses of the comprehensive data set showed that the strongest relationships were between absence frequency and work satisfaction (p = −0.21), and absence duration and overall job satisfaction (p = −0.23). Sex was identified as a strong and consistent moderator. A synthesis of these findings is offered.
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supports “Defined as an individualized positive feeling and attitude toward a job [25], we included job satisfaction in our investigation as it is strongly linked with workers’ overall well-being [26] and, at the organization level, is associated with high performance and productivity [27,28], reduced absenteeism [29], lower turnover intention [30] and less counterproductive work behaviors [31].”
supports “As several meta-analyses [37] have shown, job satisfaction and absenteeism are correlated, with a modest, yet significant, and negative relationship with both the duration and the frequency of absences.”
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