Abstract:
This study was intended to investigate work morale, tardiness and absenteeism
of employees; compare the tardiness and absenteeism according to personal factors;
and study the relationship between morale, tardiness, and absenteeism of employees.
The sample group was155 employees of a lantern produce company. A questionnaire,
which was consisted of two parts: demographic data, and employees morale,
tardiness and absenteeism, was used as the main Instrument in the study. The findings
revealed that most employees had a high level of work morale. However, most
tardiness for 1-2 days as well as absenteeism for 1-2 days occurred during the
seven-month interval (January-July 2005). The differences of gender, age, level of
education, income, and work experience of the employees were found to have no
significant difference to the amount of tardiness (p<.05). Moreover, the employees of
different genders had a significant difference in absenteeism (p<.05), that is, female
employees were found to have a higher amount of absenteeism. The differences of
gender, age, level of education, income, and work experience of the employees were
found to have no significant difference to the amount of absenteeism. The study also
found that there was a significant negative correlation between work morale and the
tardiness of the employees (r = -.151, p<.05). On the other hand, there was no
significant correlation between work morale and absenteeism of the employees. In
addition, there was a highly significant positive correlation between the tardiness and
absenteeism of the employees (r = .535, p<.01).