An evaluation of some aspects of the Steers and Rhodes model of employee attendance

Examined the relationships between production employee absenteeism and personal characteristics, job situation, and job satisfaction. Also investigated was R. M. Steers and S. R. Rhodes's model of employee attendance, which suggests that these variables are major influences on absenteeism. Results indicate some statistically significant and some nonsignificant relationships between absence from work and this set of variables. Job satisfaction was not a major influence on variation in absenteeism. (15 ref)