Investigation of the Factors of Absenteeism Affecting in Production Industry

Abstract

Absenteeism has always been one of the persistent problems in industry. It is commonly understood as an employee or a group of employees remaining absent from work either continuously for a long period or repeatedly for short periods. The study has been conducted to understand the causes for the absenteeism in the production industry among the employees. From the study, it is found that the job dissatisfaction, family problem, poor welfare facilities, unhealthy condition, poor working condition are the causes for remaining absent for the work. Data were collected from 265 employees from a production industry in North East India, having absenteeism problem. This study has enabled us to obtain interesting conclusion about the variables that have the most influence on absenteeism providing useful managerial recommendation for decision making in reducing it.