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Predicting Attendance and Work Performance from Pre-Entry Attitudes and Self-Reported Behaviors

Absenteeism, lateness, and work performance on the job were investigated. Pre-entry attitudes and self-reported behaviors in the three areas were assessed via RELY, a self-report instrument developed by Kurt Helm (1980). Subjects (N=282) were entry-level stock, bag and clerical personnel for a large grocery store chain. They were 91% Caucasian and 62% male. Results showed significant correlation between three empirically derived scales and criteria: total days absent, total occurrences of lateness, and supervisory performance ratings. However, these findings were considerably weaker under cross-validation. The findings indicate absence-proneness as a tenable concept. Further investigation may find a considerable amount of the variance in attendance to be the result of pre-entry attitudes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501108
Date08 1900
CreatorsLeeman, Gordon E. (Gordon Ellis)
ContributorsJohnson, Douglas A., Helm, Kurt G., Critelli, Joseph W.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 72 leaves: ill., Text
RightsPublic, Leeman, Gordon E. (Gordon Ellis), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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