EFFECTS OF JOB DEMANDS ON EMPLOYEES\' VOLUNTARY ABSENTEEISM LIKELIHOOD: A STUDY OF PUBLIC HOSPITAL NURSES IN MALAWI

• Main Author: Benson Munyenyembe
• Other Authors: Ying-Yu Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rce29x

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 企業管理學系 === 107 === There has been considerable research in the area of employee absenteeism behavior. However, few studies have focused on absenteeism likelihood. This study researches on the effect of job demands (physical and emotional) on employee’s voluntary absenteeism likelihood using nurses working in public hospitals in Malawi as the study sample. The study further explores the mediating effect of perceived negative consequences of absenteeism, work engagement, and organization commitment on the relationship between job demands and voluntary absenteeism likelihood. The study also explores the moderating role of supervisor coaching on the effect of physical and emotional job demands on organization commitment, work engagement, and perceived negative consequences of absenteeism. Using a sample of 487 nurses whose responses were analyzed in SPSS, the study findings establish that there are positive significant relationships between both physical and emotional demands on employee’s voluntary absenteeism likelihood. The study also establishes that perceived negative consequences of absenteeism, work engagement, and organization commitment all mediate the relationship between job demands and employee’s voluntary absenteeism likelihood. Only the moderating role of supervisor coaching on the relationship between job demands (physical and emotional) and work engagement is supported by this study’s findings.