Journal article

Teams, teamwork and absence


Authors listHeywood, JS; Jirjahn, U

Publication year2004

Pages765-782

JournalThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volume number106

Issue number4

ISSN0347-0520

eISSN1467-9442

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00387.x

PublisherWiley


Abstract
We argue that firms with interdependent worker productivity, team production, have a higher cost of absence and, as a consequence, spend additional resources on monitoring absence. As a result, firms with team production should have lower absence rates. We estimate the determinants of absence for blue-collar workers using a sample of German manufacturing establishments. Workplace teams are used as a proxy for team production. The estimates reveal that firms with teams have lower absence rates, as do smaller establishments. The size effect, however, is unique to establishments with teams, which fits prior theoretical work that has not been previously tested.



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Harvard Citation styleHeywood, J. and Jirjahn, U. (2004) Teams, teamwork and absence, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106(4), pp. 765-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00387.x

APA Citation styleHeywood, J., & Jirjahn, U. (2004). Teams, teamwork and absence. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 106(4), 765-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00387.x



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