Job Satisfaction as a Mediating Variable between Workplace Factors and Absenteeism: A Proposed Conceptual Framework

Ms. Rohina Naderi and Mr. Muhammad Shahid Shams

Job Satisfaction as a Mediating Variable between Workplace Factors and Absenteeism: A Proposed Conceptual Framework

Ms. Rohina Naderi and Mr. Muhammad Shahid Shams

Volume 3 Issue 2 | Jun 2020

DOI: 10.31841/KJEMS.2021.32

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Abstract

Absenteeism is one of the major concerns for all types of organizations, from the public to private types and from small to big ones. Absenteeism is considered to be one of the underlying factors of loss of productivity, waste of resources, and fragile structure of the organizations and industries around the world. Therefore, it shows the necessity of research and investigation to find out factors that are related to this costly phenomenon of absenteeism not only among developed nations but also among developing and less developed countries such as Afghanistan where the organizations of the public sector are facing a high level of absenteeism. Therefore, this paper aims to study the relationship between workplace factors, job satisfaction, and absenteeism. This study thusly proposes a framework to investigate the effect of workplace factors on absenteeism via the mediating role of job satisfaction. Further, the direct effect between the variables has been discussed. Hence this paper is expected to fill the research gap and contribute to the body of knowledge in this area of research.