Business & Finance Week, February 21, 2009, Saturday

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Business & Finance Week

February 21, 2009, Saturday

HEADLINE: Cornell University details research in management journal

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According to recent research from the United States, "Prior research is limited in explaining absenteeism at the unit level and over time. We developed and tested a model of unit-level absenteeism using five waves of data collected over six years from 115 work units in a large state agency."

"Unit-level job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and local unemployment were modeled as time-varying predictors of absenteeism. Shared satisfaction and commitment interacted in predicting absenteeism but were not related to the rate of change in absenteeism over time," wrote J.P. Hausknecht and colleagues, Cornell University.

The researchers concluded: "Unit-level satisfaction and commitment were more strongly related to absenteeism when units were located in areas with plentiful job alternatives."

Hausknecht and colleagues published their study in Academy of Management Journal (WORK-UNIT ABSENTEEISM: EFFECTS OF SATISFACTION, COMMITMENT, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, AND TIME. Academy of Management Journal, 2008;51(6):1223-1245).

For additional information, contact J.P. Hausknecht, Cornell University, ILR School, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Publisher contact information for the Academy of Management Journal is: Acad Management, Pace University, PO Box 3020, 235 Elm Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8020, USA.

Keywords: United States, Ithaca, Life Sciences, Management Journal, Cornell University.

This article was prepared by Business & Finance Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Business & Finance Week via VerticalNews.com.

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