International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 05 | May -2017
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e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072
Absenteeism in Public Sector Organizations - An Overview of Dimensions, Causes and Remedial Strategies. Dr. S. Pavithra MBA., Ph.D., Dr. G. Barani MBA., M.Phil., Ph.D., Mr. K. Lingaraja MBA., M.Com., Dr.S.Pavithra, Guest Faculty, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Dr.G.Barani, Associate Professor, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Mr.K.Lingaraja, Guest Faculty, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
----------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------Abstract Public sector organizations are under pressure to reduce its working costs — which can be easily achieved through proper absence management. As high level of absenteeism results in deferred services and decline in productivity, it leads to dissatisfaction towards the organization. Thus, this study examines the reasons and results of absenteeism in public sector organization. Employees reporting late to work were sometimes found to be absent from work due to low morale. The main challenge with absenteeism is human attitude, that make employees withdraw themselves from work, which is difficult to change, and the other problem is manipulation of attendance registers by employees for others employees. Thus, absenteeism can be minimized by proper absenteeism management and biometric login in public sector offices along with proper training.
Keywords: Absenteeism, Productivity, Public sector. INTRODUCTION “Absenteeism refers to the absence of an employee from work, who is scheduled to be at work. It refers to the loss of man – hours on account of the absence of a percentage of workers scheduled to be at work”. Absenteeism has been recognized as a vital issue affecting discipline and productivity in the public sector organizations today. It is a major socio – psychological problem in all the industries. Absenteeism in Indian organizations is not a new phenomenon. Absenteeism is a serious problem for Government because it seriously involves heavy expenditure and loss of productivity. The impact that employee absenteeism has on productivity, morale, and performance is alarming. Other important thing to be noted is using manual processes to track, calculate, and combining absence- and leaverelated information can lead to huge, sudden costs that may threaten the economic feasibility of a public sector organization. Employee motivation, team work and other means of enhancing employee happiness and job satisfaction have been applied by the Government to reduce employee absenteeism in order to improve overall organizational performance. However, despite the awareness of the adverse effect of absenteeism on overall productivity and performance, the level of absenteeism tend to remain high in public sector organizations. Though lots of efforts have been put to eliminate absenteeism permanently, a permanent solution couldn’t be arrived. Public sector organizations also undergo another challenge in the form of lateness to work. Lateness in public organizations affects both the economic and psychological output of the organizations. Thus, it is highly important to control and minimize it. Reduction of absenteeism is beneficial not only to the organization but also to the nation as a whole. Absenteeism leads to reduction in man-hours which directly influences the productivity and results in lack of services to the public. This underlines the importance of the need for employees to be present.
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