Application Of Social Learning Theory To Employee Self-Mana

Absenteeism or low job attendance is a major problem for businesses, decreasing productivity and increasing costs. It has been hypothesized that persons who exhibit poor attendance are unable to cope with personal obstacles and cultural and group norms that affect their ability to come to work. A pr...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1987-08, Vol.72 (3), p.387
Main Authors: Frayne, Colette A, Latham, Gary P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Attendance
Behavior
Employment
Government employees
Learning
Prevention
Psychological aspects
Social research
State government
Studies
Training
Variance analysis
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Summary:Absenteeism or low job attendance is a major problem for businesses, decreasing productivity and increasing costs. It has been hypothesized that persons who exhibit poor attendance are unable to cope with personal obstacles and cultural and group norms that affect their ability to come to work. A proposed solution involves training in self-management, which teaches people to assess problems, set goals in relation to problems, and reward and punish themselves for their adherence to goal-oriented behavior. A study analyzed training in self-management given to 20 unionized state government employees in an effort to improve their work attendance. After learning self-regulatory skills, the training group demonstrated significantly higher attendance than a control group with the same number of persons. A key determinant of the program's success was the perceived self-efficacy of the worker -- the higher the self-efficacy, the higher the attendance record.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854