Analysing absence behaviour using event history models

Barmby, Tim; Sibly, Suzyrman

doi:10.1002/mde.1136

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“…However, motivational crowding theory and the theory on dissent-shirking make the mechanisms behind these associations more explicit. Furthermore, worker absence is influenced by the pressure to be at work formed by, for instance, market conditions such as the risk of unemployment (Hausknect et al 2008), the incentive system (Barmby and Sibly 2004), and work group norms (Spencer and Steers 1980;Drago and Wooden 1992;Hesselius et al 2009). The incentive systems for each occupational group are largely the same across the country, but the risk of unemployment and workgroup norms may vary geographically, and hence, we control for regional variations.…”

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Documentation Requirements, Intrinsic Motivation, and Worker Absence

Andersen¹,

Kristensen²,

Pedersen³

2015

International Public Management Journal

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Command systems are widely used to monitor public service provision, but little is known about unintended effects on individual workers' motivation and work effort. Using insights from motivation crowding theory, we estimate a SEM model that captures how Danish childcare assistants and social/healthcare assistants perceive documentation requirements. We analyze how this perception relates to intrinsic motivation measured in a survey and sickness absence as reported in administrative registers and find that individuals who perceive documentation requirements as controlling have lower intrinsic motivation and higher sickness absence. The association is statistically significant, but very small in substantive terms. The result is nevertheless consistent with the expectation in motivation crowding theory and contributes to the literature by including a new reliable behavioral variable, sickness absence, and by drawing attention to possible downsides of command-and-control. Even though command systems can also have positive disciplining effects, knowledge about potential drawbacks is important for public managers.

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Section: Expectations: Relationships Between Perception Of Documentatmentioning

confidence: 99%

Documentation Requirements, Intrinsic Motivation, and Worker Absence

Andersen¹,

Kristensen²,

Pedersen³

2015

International Public Management Journal

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“…1 1 See Barmby, Brown, and Treble (1997), Barmby, Orme, and Treble (1991; 1995), Barmby and Sibly (2004), Delgado and Kniesner (1997), and Gilleskie (1998). An earlier literature used more aggregated data.…”

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Pay, Technology, and the Cost of Worker Absence

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"Conventional studies of absenteeism concentrate on labor supply. An equilibrium approach, however, establishes that the shadow cost of absenteeism varies across firms that operate different technologies. Using an unusual employee/employer matched data set from France, which records both individual worker absenteeism and information about technology, we show that firms operating just-in-time technology have higher shadow costs of absence than firms that do not. The estimates are used to calculate the economy-wide cost of absence, which turns out to be very low." ("JEL" J22, J31, J41) Copyright 2006 Western Economic Association International.

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Employee absence in public and private organizations

2021

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We study employee absence in Danish public and private organizations. Using data from four private and four public organizations we establish sector differences and that absence is predominantly an individualized phenomenon. Because the within-group variation in absence clearly dominates the between-group variation, we conclude that organizations need to invoke individualized policies to reduce employee absence, and we establish that incentives related to promotions and dismissals can be useful tools, as absence behavior interacts with such incentives.

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Analysing absence behaviour using event history models

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Documentation Requirements, Intrinsic Motivation, and Worker Absence

Documentation Requirements, Intrinsic Motivation, and Worker Absence

Pay, Technology, and the Cost of Worker Absence

Employee absence in public and private organizations

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