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This 10 page paper looks at one type of negative behavior pattern in the workplace; absenteeism and looks at how and why it occurs arguing that where absenteeism occurs in an underhanded manner it is the result of a feeling of inequity on the part of the employee, feeling that they are entitles to take the time off. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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as slow working and a lack of proactive activity, associated with manifestation such as a jobsworth attitude and more aggressive negative behaviour may include elements such as dishonestly, theft and
sabotage. Different levels of dishonesty may impact on business at different levels. Concepts such as equity theory and the need for employees to feel that they are treated fairly, if
they are not they may try to create a form of equity through negative behaviour. One form of negative behaviour, which may be seen as subjective and may be difficult
to assess is that of absenteeism. This may be genuine, employees may need to take time off of work due to illnesses but where employees are unhappy there is likely
to be an increasing cost to the employer as a result of absenteeism where there is not a genuine reason for the being absent from work, a type of dishonesty,
but one that is likely to be the result of the concept of equity. Absenteeism can have a high cost for an employer, especially where there are potential false absent
claims. There appear to be increasing willingness on the part of employees to be absent for trivial or non genuine reasons. For example, if we look at the UK
as an example. If we look at the figures produced by the CBI we see there is an upward trend in the UK, with 1996 showing an increase in the
number of days taken off due to sickness. In 2000 this was 192 million days per year, compared with 1996 were this was 187 million days, an increase on 12
million days on the figures for 1994 (CBI, 1997). This was estimated at an average cost of ?434 per employee by 2000 (CBI, 2001). The same report also noted
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