Psychological Statistics



Psychological Statistics

Introduction

Across the globe, absenteeism is a fast budding problem; and a costly dilemma for managers (Lyons, 1972). To come up with a solution to reduce it is a major challenge. For any organization, coping with absenteeism in the workplace is a nuisance. Tactfulness and proper comprehension of the problem causing absenteeism are required for handling such situations. Attendance or presenteeism at workplace and its contrary absenteeism are intricate multi-dimensional issues concerning the communication and restrained interaction among workplace, employee, and employer, economic, social and societal aspects. The absence phenomenon is classified by Rushmore and Youngblood (1979) in to ...