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SVIM e-journal of Applied Management is a double-blind peer-reviewed, openaccess journal published by Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management, Indore. The
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Contents
Tata Corus Deal: How successful it is Till 2013?

Page No
6-12

Authors: Ankesh Mundra, Dr. D. T. Manwani


Recent Trends in Medical Tourism- Global View

13-19

Authors: Dr. C. Jothibaskara Mohan


An Empirical Analysis of Retail Purchase Behaviour to Develop Retail
Marketing Strategy for Global Retailers

20-38

Authors: Dr. Rupali Pramanik, Dr.Shakti Prakash, Dr.Gyan Prakash


Consumption Pattern of Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices: A Comparative Study

39-49

Authors: Dr. Simranjeet Kaur Sandhar, Dheeraj Nim, Shikha Agrawal


A Study of Employee Absenteeism in Hare Ram Cotton Mill of Chhindwara

50-63

Authors: Rajshree Barmase, Dr. Harish Shukla


Summary of the Thesis A Study on Job Discrimination A Social Exclusion
(With Special Reference To Entry Level Managers)

64-78

Authors: Dr Neha Arora


Changing Patterns of Human Resource Development in Globalization

79-93

Authors: Madhuri Aggarwal Akash Datta


The Role of Contract Farming In Employment & Income Generation of
Farmers & Rural Development In India

94-107

Authors: Shailendra Kumar Singh


E- Commerce: A Key towards Automation

108-123

Authors: Kirti Lalwani


A Study of Glocalization Concept As A Current Trend in Indian Economy.
Authors: Deepti Sharma

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A Study of Employee Absenteeism in Hare Ram


Cotton Mill of Chhindwara
Rajshree Barmase1 Dr. Harish Shukla2

Abstract
Absenteeism is one of the most serious concerns of a company. Manufacturing
company as well as service sector company is facing the problem of growing
absenteeism. It is a serious problem in a manufacturing or labour intensive
company as compared to a service sector company. This paper discusses the
absenteeism of the employees of Hare Ram cotton Mill of Pandhurna, district
Chhindwara. The major factors derived on the basis of suggestions by the
employees that affect absenteeism are- Welfare Facilities, Salary, Leave Policies,
Supervisors behavior, Present working conditions and Transportation facility.
Key Words: absenteeism, perception, employee welfare, leave policies, supervisors
behaviour

Introduction:
Absenteeism is the failure of employees to report for work when they are
scheduled to work. Employees who are away from work on recognized holidays,
vacations, approved leaves of absence, or approved leaves of absence would not be
included. Absenteeism is becoming a serious practice in labor oriented industries
especially in those large industries where laborers are working in mass. It is a matter
of prime concern for the supervisors and managers. They have to find the ways to
overcome absenteeism.
Absenteeism is a serious workplace problem and an expensive occurrence for
both employers and employees seemingly unpredictable in nature. A satisfactory
level of attendance by employees at work is necessary to allow the achievement of
objectives and targets by a department. Employee Absenteeism is the absence of an
employee from work. It is a major problem faced by almost all employers of today.
Employees are absent from work and thus the work suffers. Absenteeism of
employees from work leads to back logs, piling of work and thus work delay.
1

MBA, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology & Science, Indore.

Professor & Head, MBA, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology & Science, Indore.

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Absents constitutes a single day of missed work(Martocchio & Jimeno 2003). An


individuals lack of physical presence at a given location and time when there is a
social expectation for him or her to be there. (Martocchio & Harrison, 1993)

What exactly is Employee Absenteeism?


Employee Absenteeism can be defined as stress that leads to work
exhaustion. Sadly, it is the most gifted and committed employees that tend to burn
out first. Because

of

their

high

standards

and

tendency

towards

perfectionism, these employees end up burning the candle at both ends.


It refers to workers absence from their regular task when he is normally
schedule to work. According to Websters dictionary, Absenteeism is the practice or
habit of being an absentee and an absentee is one who habitually stays away from
work.
According to Labour Bureau of Shimla: - Absenteeism is the total man
shifts lost because of absence as percentage of total number of man shifts
scheduled to work.
In other words, it signifies the absence of an employee from work when
he is scheduled to be at work. Any employee may stay away from work if he
has taken leave to which he is entitled or on ground of sickness or some
accident or without any previous sanction of leave

Trends in Absenteeism
Surveys indicate the following generalities in absenteeism:
The higher the rate of pay and the greater the length of service of the employee, the
fewer the absences

As an organization grows, there is a tendency towards higher rates of


absenteeism

Women are absent more frequently than men

Single employees are absent more frequently than married employees

Younger employees are absent more frequently than older employees

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Older employees are absent for longer periods of time than younger
employees

Unionized organizations have higher absenteeism rates than non-unionized


organizations

Causes of Absenteeism
The causes of absenteeism are many and include:

serious accidents and illness

low morale

poor working conditions

boredom on the job

lack of job satisfaction

inadequate leadership and poor supervision

Personal problems (financial, marital, substance abuse, childcare eldercare etc.)

poor physical fitness

inadequate nutrition

transportation problems

the availability of income protection plans

stress

excessive workload

employee discontent

Review of Literature:
Hone, (1968) emphasized on lack of commitment and felt that absenteeism is
related to new values and norms which are developing among the work force as a
result of technological developments. Work and leisure are now cherished by the
worker, and these he wants to enjoy along with monetary benefits he gets for his
services. Economic consideration, therefore, decides whether one would like to be
absent from work.

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Muchinsky, (1997) conducted study in the same field on the basis of literature
review on employee absenteeism and concluded employees withdrawal behavior
apart from turnover. Studies examining the psychometric properties of absence
measures are reviewed, along with the relationship between absenteeism and
personal, attitudinal and organizational variables chronic absentees into four
categories such as; entrepreneurs, status seekers, family oriented and sick and old.
Martocchio & Jimeno (2003) stated that We propose a model of the
personality types that have a higher likelihood of using absenteeism to their benefit
(i.e.to recharge and change negative affect) and therefore have the absence be
functional (i.e., positive affect and higher productivity upon returning to the job) rather
than dysfunctional (i.e., negative affect and person is still unproductive or has less
productivity than before the absence event). We conclude by emphasizing the
theoretical contributions that this model makes and by suggesting ways in which the
model could be tested.
Ruchi Sinha(2010) in her study reveals that there only 4% employees remain
away from their work and that too due to personal reasons. There is very high level
of job satisfaction among the employees.
Nisam (2010) stated that stress among employees, health problems,
loneliness at workplace, non-cooperation of colleagues causes

absenteeism at

workplace.
K.A.Hari Kumar (2012) stated that the rate of absenteeism in Madura Coats is
very high.
Jacobson (1989) has investigated a direct relationship between monetary
incentives and work floor attendance.
Wolter H.J. Hassink & Pierre Koning (2009) find statistically significant
differences in absence patterns across groups of workers with different eligibility
statuses depending on their attendance records and whether they had previously
won. One finding is that absenteeism rose among workers who, having won already,
were ineligible for further participation. Nevertheless, and although the reduction in
firm-wide absence associated with the lottery drifted from 2.4 percentage points to
1.1 percentage points after seven months, the authors conclude that the lottery was
of net benefit to the firm.
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Rationale:
Cotton industry, like other public sector, has become one of the highly
competitive sectors in India. There are various domestic and international factors
that affect the textile/cotton industry in India. HR is the most vital resource of an
organization. It is the central figure in the profit and growth of an organization. If the
rate of absenteeism is high in the cotton industry which is labor oriented one, the
loss in terms of productivity, working hours, profit, growth etc. can be understood
easily. Absenteeism must be managed in such industries in such a manner that
employees can give their best output to maintain the organizations productivity and
profit. Thus, the researchers got inspired to work on the above said topic to know the
causes of absenteeism and to propose measures to overcome them.

Objectives:
1. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of male and female
employees.
2. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of lower level employees
and middle level employees.
3. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of uneducated and
educated employees.
4. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of less experienced and
more experienced employees.
5. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of young and aged
employees.
6. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of low income and high
income employees.
7. To study variation in the perception of absenteeism of unmarried and married
employees.

Hypotheses:
1. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of male and
female employees.

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2. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of lower


level employees and middle level employees.
3. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of
uneducated and educated employees.
4. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of less
experienced and more experienced employees.
5. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of young
and aged employees.
6. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of low
income and high income employees.
7. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism of married
and unmarried employees.

Scope for Future Studies:


1. Area of present study can be increased from district level to state level,
national level, as well as international level.
2. Sample size can be increased.
3. Other demographic details can be added in the future research.
4. Various other statistical tests can be used for comprehensive analysis &
findings.
5. Research can be used by the top level of the govts. & other agencies for their
purpose.
6. Comparative study of Employee absenteeism in various types of industry can
be done.

Limitations of the Study:


However data is collected with full level of our efforts, yet there remain some
flaws in our study. While doing research, many problems are there to be faced by the
researcher. The prime difficulties which are been faced in collection of data in this
study are discussed below:

Short time period: The time period for carrying out the research was short as
a result of which many facts have been left unexplored.

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Lack of resources: Lack of time and other resources as it was not possible to
conduct survey at large level.

Lack of resources: Lack of time and other resources as it was not possible to
conduct survey at large level.

Small number of respondents 100 employees responded. Larger number of


respondents could have made results more significant.

Unwillingness of respondents: During collection of the data many employees


were unwilling to fill the questionnaire due to lack of time. Respondents were
having a feeling of wastage of time for them.

Research Methodology:
Sample
Data is collected from 100 employees of Hare Ram Cotton Mill of Pandhurna,
district Chhindwara

Sampling Type
The simple random sampling method is used to collect data.

Study
The study is exploratory in nature.

Tools
Primary data is collected from the respondents by using a self-developed
questionnaire. Likert scale has been used with the responses strongly agree, agree,
cannot say, disagree and strongly disagree. SPSS 11.0 version is used to analyze
the primary data
Books, internet web sites, journals etc are used as a source of secondary
data.

Data Analysis:
T-test is used to test hypothesis at 5 % level of significance. Data
collected from the respondents has been analysed using different demographic
details of respondents such as gender, age, experience, marital status, education,
monthly income, level.
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Results & Discussion:

Group Statisti cs

Observ ations

GENDER
male
f emale

Mean
2.9898
2.9644

60
40

St d. Dev iation
.26719
.32316

St d. Error
Mean
.03449
.05110

Table 1.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations

Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

Sig.
.003

t-test for Equality of Means

.956

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

.428

98

.670

.0254

.05935

-.09239

.14317

.412

72.671

.682

.0254

.06165

-.09749

.14827

Table 1.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) came out to
be 0.670 and this value is greater than level of 0.05 Hence the null hypothesis
that there is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by male
employees and female employees can be accepted.

Group Statistics

Observ ations

POST
low lev el
middle lev el

Mean
2.9795
2.9870

97
3

Std. Dev iat ion


.29047
.31673

Std. Error
Mean
.02949
.18287

Table 2.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations

Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

Sig.
.041

.840

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t-test for Equality of Means

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

-.044

98

.965

-.0076

.17060

-.34614

.33097

-.041

2.105

.971

-.0076

.18523

-.76753

.75236

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Table 2.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) is 0.965
and this value is greater than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis that
there is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by lower level
employees and higher level employees can be accepted.

Group Statisti cs

Observ ations

Education
uneducated
educated

Mean
3.0685
2.9277

37
62

St d. Dev iation
.27006
.29229

St d. Error
Mean
.04440
.03712

Table 3.0
Independent Samples Test
Lev ene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observ ations

Equal v ariances
assumed
Equal v ariances
not assumed

Sig.
.074

t-test for Equality of Means

.787

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

2.385

97

.019

.1408

.05905

.02361

.25800

2.433

80.661

.017

.1408

.05787

.02565

.25596

Table 3.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) is 0.019 and
this value is less than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis that there is no
significant difference in perception of absenteeism by uneducated employees and
educated employees cannot be accepted. The comparison of mean values of
uneducated employees and educated employees indicates that uneducated
employees perceive higher absenteeism in the industry than that of their
counterparts.

Group Statistics

Observ ations

Experience
less experienced
more experienced

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N
36
64

Mean
2.8889
3.0307

Std. Dev iat ion


.19940
.31985

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Std. Error
Mean
.03323
.03998

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Table 4.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations

Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

t-test for Equality of Means

Sig.

2.878

.093

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

-2.408

98

.018

-.1419

.05891

-.25877

-.02495

-2.729

96.882

.008

-.1419

.05199

-.24505

-.03867

Table 4.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) is 0.018 and
the value is less than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis that there is no
significant difference in perception of absenteeism by employees with more
experience with the organization and those with less experience with the
organisation can not be accepted. The comparison of mean values of less
experienced employees and more experienced employees indicates that more
experienced employees perceive higher absenteeism in the industry than that of
their counterparts.

Group Statistics

Observ ations

AGE
y oung
adult

Mean
2.9720
2.9862

46
54

St d. Dev iation
.27101
.30685

St d. Error
Mean
.03996
.04176

Table 5.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

Sig.
.477

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.491

t-test for Equality of Means

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

-.243

98

.809

-.0142

.05838

-.13002

.10167

-.245

97.860

.807

-.0142

.05780

-.12887

.10052

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Table 5.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) is 0.809 and
this value is greater than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis that there is no
significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by the young employees and
aged employees can be accepted.

Group Statistics

SALARY
low paid

N
95

mean
2.9826

.29161

Std. Error
Mean
.02992

high paid

2.9244

.26985

.12068

Std. Deviation
Observations

Table 6.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

t-test for Equality of Means

Sig.
.050

.823

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Std. Error
Diff erence Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

.436

98

.664

.0581

.13341

-.20660

.32288

.468

4.506

.662

.0581

.12433

-.27230

.38858

Table 6 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) is 0.664 and this
value is greater than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis that there is no
significant difference in the perception of by lower income employees and higher
income employees can be accepted. The comparison of mean values of lower
income employees and higher income employees indicates that lower income
employees perceive that there is higher absenteeism in the industry than that of their
counterparts.
Group Statistics

Observ ations

Marital Status
married
unmarried

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61
39

Mean
2.9954
2.9550

Std. Dev iat ion


.23605
.35977

Std. Error
Mean
.03022
.05761

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Table 7.0
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test f or
Equality of Variances

F
Observations

Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

2.837

Sig.
.095

t-test for Equality of Means

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean
Diff erence

Std. Error
Diff erence

95% Confidence
Interv al of the
Diff erence
Lower
Upper

.679

98

.499

.0404

.05953

-.07773

.15854

.621

58.967

.537

.0404

.06506

-.08977

.17059

Table 7.0 exhibits that as the p value (at 5% level of significance) came out to
be 0.499 and this value is greater than level of 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis
that there is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by married
employees and unmarried employees can be accepted. Married employees perceive
higher absenteeism in the industry than that of their counterparts.

Findings & Conclusions:


There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by male
employees and female employees. There is no significant difference in the
perception of absenteeism by lower level employees and higher level employees.
There is no significant difference in perception of absenteeism by uneducated
employees and educated employees.
The comparison of mean values of uneducated employees and educated
employees indicates that uneducated employees perceive higher absenteeism in the
industry than that of their counterparts. There is no significant difference in
perception of absenteeism by employees with more experience with the organization
and those with less experience with the organization.
The comparison of mean values of less experienced employees and more
experienced employees indicates that more experienced employees perceive higher
absenteeism in the industry than that of their counterparts. There is no significant
difference in the perception of absenteeism by the young employees and aged
employees. There is no significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by
lower income employees and higher income employees.

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The comparison of mean values of lower income employees and higher


income employees indicates that lower income employees perceive that there is
higher absenteeism in the industry than that of their counterparts. There is no
significant difference in the perception of absenteeism by married employees and
unmarried employees. Married employees perceive higher absenteeism in the
industry than that of their counterparts.
The major factors derived on the basis of suggestions by the employees that
affect absenteeism are- welfare facilities, Salary, Leave policies, Supervisors
behavior, Present working conditions and Transportation facility.

Suggestions:
The respondents were asked to give suggestions to reduce absenteeism. On
the basis of their response, following major suggestions can be helpful in reducing
absenteeism in the cotton mill.

Employee welfare facilities should be improved.

Salary should be increased.

Leave policies should be revised.

Supervisors behavior should be modified.

Present working conditions should be improved.

Transportation facility should be provided.

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References:
Martocchio & Jimeno (2003) Employee absenteeism as an affective event.
Nisam (2010), Ways to Reduce Employee Absenteeism with special reference to
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