Factors Influencing Employee Absenteeism in IT Companies at Trichy
Aishwariyashindhe S1, Sathyapriya J2, Vijayalakshmi.P. S3, Sudha4
1Aishwaryashindhe S, Department of Management Studies, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Thanajvur (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Sathyapriya J, Department of Management Studies, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Thanajvur (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Vijayalakshmi.P. S, Department of Business Economics, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
4Sudha, Department of Business Economics, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 23 August 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 04 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 16 September 2019 | PP: 856-859 | Volume-8 Issue-2S6 July 2019 | Retrieval Number: B11590782S619/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1159.0782S619
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Abstract: Employees are not present in work and so the work suffers. The researcher focuses to sort the motives for employee’s absenteeism in an organization. It is the key problem faced by more or less all the employers nowadays. Absenteeism of employees from job results in backlogs, pile of labour and therefore work delays. The objective of the paper is to identify the predominant factor influencing employee absenteeism and to measure the impact of factors influencing employee absenteeism on employee productivity. Descriptive research design is used for this reseacrh. Data was collected from 150 employees using Convenience sampling technique from the employees of IT companies at Trichy. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to identify the predominant factor influencing employee absenteeism and multiple regression to measure the impact of factors influencing employee absenteeism on employee productivity. From the analysis, it was found that stress at the workplace is the predominant factor highly influencing employee absenteeism. It was also found that improper time management is highly influencing employee absenteeism factor on employee productivity.
Keywords: Employee Absenteeism, Employee Productivity, IT Companies, Multiple Regression.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences