Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Greenberg, Stuart Elliott
URN	etd-09082012-040122
Title	Measuring absence cultures :an examination of absence perceptions of males and females
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Psychology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Hauenstein, Neil M. A. Committee Chair Axsom, Daniel K. Committee Member Harvey, Robert J. Committee Member
Keywords	Employee attitude surveys
Date of Defense	1989-12-15
Availability	restricted
Abstract Absenteeism was explored from a social psychological perspective. The purpose was to measure the absence cultures (Nicholson and Johns, l9S5) of male and female employees through the use of policy capturing (Hobson and Gibson, l9S3). Absence was split into three dimensions: Personal Health, Stress Relief, and Family Responsibility (Nicholson and Payne, l9S7). One hundred and two employees of a large southeastern university were used as subjects. They were asked to give their own opinion and their opinion of their organization's view about the inappropriateness/appropriateness of the absence behaviors in the 27 policy capturing vignettes. They were also asked to give their subjective weighting of how they used each dimension to make their overall rating.
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