A Study on Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Absenteeism

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Royal Enfield is a company of bike manufactures, bicycles, lawn movers and stationary engines. In the past three months Royal Enfield has faced a challenge of many absenteeism in the company. This was happening with both the trainees and also the permanent workers. The HR team needed a study on finding a reason on which factor the absenteeism is growing in the company. So the “Study on the relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism” was taken. The project was first started with the deep understanding of concepts of job satisfaction and absenteeism. Also the factors of absenteeism and causes of absenteeism were studied. On looking at the attendance of employees for the last four months i.e. from January to April, the employees with high absenteeism rate are taken. The top 100 people are selected and they are provided with the questionnaire to know their absenteeism rate and nature for the absenteeism. The main objective of the project is to find the relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism. For the comparative study, Chi square test were taken between two variables by the use of SPSS software. In Chi square test we can identify that whether both variables are independent or dependent. So by making the comparative study we can find the job satisfaction is a reason for the absenteeism or not. By extending the project, comparing all the socio-economic factor with the job satisfaction. This comparison is done because with this comparative study we can find the job satisfaction is based on the socio-economic factor like age, salary, no of dependants etc.

INTRODUCTION:

An Organisation cannot build a good team of working professional without good human resource. The main purpose of HR management is to accomplish the organizational goals. Human resource plays essential role in developing a company strategy as well as handling the employee – centred activities of an organization. The key functions of the HR management include recruiting people, training, performance appraisal, motivation, work place environment, job satisfaction, job security, employee commitment towards the organization and more. Employee absenteeism is one of the most common work place problems facing employees in today‘s work place. It is the responsibility of the HR department to communicate the attendance policy clearly to the employees. At the same time it has to develop HR policies to raise the motivation levels of employees and decrease absenteeism. The organization should also take steps to motivate, engage the employees, make them enjoy their work and /or absent only for genuine reasons.

ABSENTEEISM:

Absenteeism has long been considered a significant and pervasive problem in industry. Absence is a complex, multi-causal event. Managing it requires consideration of all the many possible causes in order to develop appropriate and targeted strategies, interventions and policies. The measurement of absence is the vital first step to understanding its extent, pattern and causes. Absenteeism is exhibited when an employee fails to report to work, typically for an extended period of time, or for an excessive number of days that have not been excused. Examples of excused absences may include medical appointments and pre-approved vacations .It refers to workers absence from their regular task when he is normally schedule 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. Thus absence may be authorised or unauthorised, wilful or caused by circumstances beyond one‘s control.