Impact of Absenteeism on Employee Productivity With Special Reference To Manufacturing Companies of Nagpur Region

Abstract

In a globally competitive market place companies strive to become as efficient as possible. Absenteeism is a worldwide problem as it impacts on company efficiency and cost effectiveness. A large portion of absenteeism can be attributed to ill health absences. Companies have prioritized the need to find ways of managing and reducing absenteeism. For this paper,the researcher set out to study the impact of absenteeism on organizational productivity with special reference to different companies of Nagpur region. The paper aims to study the companies with relatively low absenteeism rate and companies with relatively high absenteeism rate to find reasons that could explain the differences in their absenteeism rates. Questionnaire was used to gather data from two different companies of Nagpur, and the participants were the managers and employees from these companies. A qualitative analysis approach was chosen to analyze the data has been obtained in order to increase the understanding and the findings indicate that the differences between the companies exist. The results indicate that there are individual, leadership and organizational differences. Individually, the employees from the company with low absenteeism rate handle stressful situations better and they are healthier than those from company with high absenteeism. On the leadership’s side, the managers from the company with low absenteeism have more insight into the employees every day work situation; they are more visible, supportive and protective about their employees than the managers of the company with high absenteeism. The purpose of this paper is to identify the leading factors of absenteeism, possible “cures” that exist for these factors, and present results of companies that have implemented programs to combat the problem of absenteeism.

Keywords: Absenteeism, Organisational Productivity, Employees