Organizational, Work and Personal Factors in Turnover and Absenteeism

Abstract

The paper summarizes, within a conceptual framework, the research carried out over the last fifteen years on factors related both to turnover and absenteeism. Over sixty empirical studies are reviewed, organized under the following topics: overall job satisfaction, organization-wide factors, immediate work environment factors, job-related factors, and personal factors. A theoretical model is presented in an effort to explain the diversity of findings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751672

Entities

People

  • Lyman Porter
  • Richard M. Steers

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Assembly Lines
  • Behavioral Research
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Families (Human)
  • Far Infrared Radiation
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Industrial Plants
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology

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  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.