The role of self-efficacy and job satisfaction on absences from work

• Autor(a) principal: Borgogni, L.
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Dello Russo, S., Miraglia, M., Vecchione, M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/7147; http://hdl.handle.net/10071/9813
• topic: Self-efficacy; Job satisfaction; Absences from work; Privatized organization

Introduction. - Absenteeism is a relevant and costly issue for organizations, constantly looking at its antecedents in order to reduce the phenomenon. Objective. - This study aims to deepen the concurrent role - that has been rarely investigated in predicting absence behavior - of self-efficacy and job satisfaction, testing both a direct as well as an indirect relation. Method. - Self-efficacy and job satisfaction were measured in a sample of 1160 white-collars from the main delivery Italian company, a privatized organization. Then, the self-report questionnaire was matched with objective data on absences (i.e., the total days lost at work over 12 months). Results. - The results of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) lent support to the indirect relation between self-efficacy and absences from work via job satisfaction, but not to the direct link. Conclusion. - These findings show that training in self efficacy can lead to higher job satisfaction and therefore to greater work attendance.