NTL Record

Title Transit Employee Attendance Management: Volume 1: Review of Attendance Programs
Record ID 56582
Personal Name
Creator
MacDorman, Littleton C.; Schwager, Dianne S.
Corporate Creator MacDorman & Associates
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19860601
Language English
Abstract In the 1980s, both private and public sector organizations are focusing attention on improving their performance. To attain this goal, numerous problems must be addressed including the reduction of absenteeism, a serious and continuing concern. Despite efforts of most organizations to reduce absence and numerous studies to understand the causes of absenteeism, no certain answers exist on how employee attendance can be improved or why absence occurs. Solutions that are effective in one situation may or may not be effective in a different environment. While absenteeism rates differ substantially between organizations within and outside the transit industry, studies indicate that employee absence is generally a considerable problem among transit systems. Organizations with more rigorous and comprehensive attendance policies and programs appear to have lower levels of absenteeism. These differences suggest that the transit industry need not be resigned to high absenteeism.
Rosap ID dot:640
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/640
TRT Terms Transit personnel; Absenteeism; Personnel
General Subjects Transit employees; Management; Transit facilities; Personnel management
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
476981
Report Number DOT-I-87-12
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/56000/56500/56582/transitemployee8902macd_0.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository