The impact of work hours discrepancy on employee absence

Jing Wang and Frank Reid

International Journal of Manpower, 2015, vol. 36, issue 5, 668-693

Abstract: Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired weekly hours of work on employee absence. Design/methodology/approach - – The authors used a nationally representative, employer-employee matched sample of over 39,000 employees and applied zero-inflated Poisson regressions. Findings - – Work hours discrepancy has a significant impact on employee absence. This impact is different among employees who want to work more hours and those who want to work fewer hours. Originality/value - – This study provides new insights into the determinants of employee absence and the implications of constraining employees in their choice of weekly hours of work.

Keywords: Absenteeism; Hours of work; Discrepancy; Overemployed; Underemployed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-05-2013-0120

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