Journal article
Authors list: Heywood, JS; Jirjahn, U
Publication year: 2004
Pages: 765-782
Journal: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Volume number: 106
Issue number: 4
ISSN: 0347-0520
eISSN: 1467-9442
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00387.x
Publisher: Wiley
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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Heywood, 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 style: Heywood, 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