Beyond the Steers and Rhodes model of employee attendance.
This paper presents a causal model of employee absenteeism which modifies and extends the Steers and Rhodes (1978) process model of employee attendance. A summary and critique of the Steers and Rhodes model is offered. The proposed model integrates diverse literatures regarding organization behavior and occupational health. Sources are provided for the acceptable operationalization of variables.
D000041:Absenteeism; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*