Abstract
Employee absenteeism is one of the problems in oil palm plantation. This behavior leads to low productivity and high burdening business cost. This study aims to examine, analyze and explain the influence of stress, family issues, working environment and salary to employee absenteeism in oil palm estate. The primary data used in this study come from questionnaire on respondents’ stress, family issues, working environment, salary and employee absenteeism. From 90 people as the population, 73 respondents who met the criteria as a sample were chosen by using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS Version 22. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence simultaneously between stress, family issues and working environment on employee absenteeism. Family issues has the highest share and proportion 25.8% of the variation in employee absenteeism, so it needs special attention. Performance and productivity for estate workers are very crucial to ensure the estate’s operation runs smoothly. So, estate manager shall pay special attention to engage their workers.
Highlights
The oil palm industry is dynamic and often unregulated due to its backbreaking, labored based nature
Interest in studying absenteeism has dwindled over the past two decades, and though it has rarely been addressed in the specific context of oil palm sector, it remains an issue of concern for estate managers
The conceptual framework in this study is built on theoretical views and previous empirical research on correlation between stress, family issues, working environment and wages as well as employee absenteeism
Summary
The oil palm industry is dynamic and often unregulated due to its backbreaking, labored based nature. This makes the task of executing human resource management (HRM) functions more burdensome than in other economic sectors. Interest in studying absenteeism has dwindled over the past two decades, and though it has rarely been addressed in the specific context of oil palm sector, it remains an issue of concern for estate managers. Estate employees spend their most of daily time in workplace. It is hoping this study can help managers to look their workers welfare and wellbeing
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