An Ethnographic Study of Employee Absences: The Impact of Uncertainty, Negotiation and the Employment Relationship

This investigation is an ethnographic study of employee absences in a coal-fired electric generation plant located in the mid-west. An anthropological perspective and methodology was employed for the purpose of "getting close" to the daily rhythms of organizational life in order to develop a new perspective on why employees do not attend. Data was collected through six months of participant observation, informal discussions and a semi-structured interview of a sample of employees. In addition, 38 types of absences covering the first 5 years of plant operation were collected from organizational records.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Fitzgibbons, Dale Edward

• Law
• Business Administration, Management
• Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8823126

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70476