Dispositional Influences on Attributions Concerning Absenteeism
研究员工性格如何影响他们对缺勤原因的归因，发现不同性格的人对缺勤是内部还是外部原因的看法不同，对管理者理解员工缺勤行为有参考价值。
Because the degree to which absenteeism is within or beyond an employee’s control is a significant yet unresolved issue in the absence literature, it is important to understand the factors which influence employees’ attributions about the causes of absence events. As a result of recent research suggesting that personality variables are important influences on work attitudes and behaviors, the present study took a dispositional approach in investigating the predictors of employee absence attributions. Using data collected from three sources, between-subjects analyses suggested a number of dispositional influences on absence attributions. Within-subjects analyses suggested that the factors leading to external attributions vary widely across individuals.