Self-Management Training for Increasing Job Attendance: A Follow-Up and a Replication

Determined the long-term effects of self-management training given to 20 unionized state government employees to increase their job attendance in a 6-month and a 9-month follow-up study. A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed that enhanced self-efficacy and increased job attendance were e...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1989-06, Vol.74 (3), p.411-416
Main Authors: Latham, Gary P, Frayne, Colette A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Employee Absenteeism
Experimental Replication
Followup Studies
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Government Personnel
Human
Occupational psychology
Personnel Training
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self-Efficacy
Self-Management
Vocational training. Adult education
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Summary:Determined the long-term effects of self-management training given to 20 unionized state government employees to increase their job attendance in a 6-month and a 9-month follow-up study. A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed that enhanced self-efficacy and increased job attendance were effectively maintained over time. Perceived self-efficacy at the end of training predicted subsequent job attendance. The control group ( n = 20) was then given the same training in self-management by a different trainer. Three months later, this group showed the same positive improvement as the original training group with regard to increased self-efficacy and job attendance. These findings lend support to a self-efficacy based theory of job attendance.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.74.3.411