Employee Absenteeism Within the Industry - Doc
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Running head: ABSENTEEISMInvestigating why absence rates are above industry averageName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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ABSENTEEISM1Table of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Purpose statement...................................................................................................................2Research aim and objectives..................................................................................................2Research questions.................................................................................................................3Literature Review.......................................................................................................................4Absenteeism...........................................................................................................................4Causes of absenteeism............................................................................................................4Illness or injury......................................................................................................................4Home circumstances..............................................................................................................5Non sickness...........................................................................................................................5Health status...........................................................................................................................5Salary......................................................................................................................................6Absenteeism cost....................................................................................................................6Research methodology...............................................................................................................8Introduction............................................................................................................................8Paradigm of enquiry...............................................................................................................8Research philosophy..............................................................................................................9Research approach.................................................................................................................9Research strategy.................................................................................................................10Data collection.....................................................................................................................10Sample selection...................................................................................................................11
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ABSENTEEISM2Data analysis technique........................................................................................................11Ethical issues........................................................................................................................12Research Timeline................................................................................................................12Reference List..........................................................................................................................14
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ABSENTEEISM3IntroductionThe absenteeism among the employees is costly within the organizational structure, asit results in lower rate of productivity. The high rate of absenteeism within the organizationwill have a greater impact on the cost that has to be borne by them (Lofstrom, Bates andParker 2014). The direct cost for the organization that they have to provide for theabsenteeism of the employees are the sick pay, loss of production and the covering up of thework with the help of supporting staffs. The indirect cost that needs to be borne by theorganization is lower morale that is present within the employees due to the sickness, whichresults in lower level of customer satisfaction (Aghion, Hemous and Kharroubi 2014). Theother effects of absenteeism is that it hampers the flow of work, which reduces the quality ofwork within the organization. Purpose statementThe purpose of the research process will be to investigate the reason behind the highrate of absence within the industry. The research will be identifying the main causes that leadto the higher rate of absenteeism within the organizations so that proper recommendationscan be provided to mitigate it. It will also deal with the major causes that lead to a higher rateof absenteeism within the organization, which hampers the level of productivity (Baldamus2013). Research aim and objectivesThe research will be based on the following aims and objectives:To investigate the factors that lead to high rate of absenteeism within the industryTo analyse the problems that are faced by the organization due to higher rate ofabsenceTo analyse the cost that the organization incurs due to high rate of absenteeism
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