ظاهرة الغياب و علاقتها بالخصائص الاجتماعية و الاقتصادية لعمال الصناعة في الأردن

Abstract EN

This study aims to understand the phenomenon of absenteeism and its relationship with qualitative variables of industry employees, since this phenomenon has a negative impact on the employee, institution, and society.

As a result, the study attempts to figure out some of the factors that lead to the prevalence of eh phenomenon in relation to some qualitative variables, in order to suggest some possible solutions for intervention, A questionnaire was designed and applied on 350 employees.

The sample was divided into two equal groups.

The first experienced absenteeism and the second did not.

The study included four Jordanian factories.

The study found a relationship between the prevalence of absenteeism and each of the qualitative variables of employees, which included age, place of birth, marital status...etc.

In contrast, there was no relationship between the phenomenon of absenteeism and each of the variables of residential status and type of previous work, as illustrated by findings of Chi-Square with a statistical significance of less than 0.05.

The study also provided some recommendations to deal with this phenomenon.