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Human Relations, Vol. 48, No. 3, 307-326 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/001872679504800305

Time-Serial Substitution Effects of Absence Control on Employee Time-Use

Ian A. Miners

The Robert 0. Anderson Schools and Graduate School of Management, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1221.

Michael L. Moore

Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1032.

Joseph E. Champoux

The Robert 0. Anderson Schools and Graduate School of Management, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131.

Joseph J. Martocchio

Department of Human Resources Management, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, 504 East Armory Avenue, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 61820.

A 6-year study tracked the effects of a group-level absence control program within a Midwestern urban bus company. By modeling employee time-use options systemically, effects were examined graphically with daily precision. Short-term nonlegitimate absence decreased and time worked increased, but unintended substitution effects occurred as employees discovered legitimate ways to exploit absence and time scheduled off. Propositions for future research and methodological insights are noted.

Key Words: absence from work • time-use options • absence control


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