Discussion: Absenteeism and Staff Satisfaction

As a supervisor, it is important to actively address supervision challenges in order to protect productivity levels and support positive morale with those you supervise. During this week, you will consider variables that influence absenteeism and staff satisfaction. In addition, you will explore strategies that decrease absenteeism and increase staff satisfaction.

• Review the Learning Resources for this week, including the required weekly media, and consider the variables as well as the strategies used to address absenteeism and staff satisfaction.
• Search the internet and/or the Walden library for any additional information on variables as well as the strategies used to address absenteeism and staff satisfaction.
• Review the interactive media in the Learning Resources, “Supervision Practices.”

Post variables that influence absenteeism and staff satisfaction within the work environment and describe strategies that decrease absenteeism and increase staff satisfaction.

Read your colleagues’ postings.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the To Participate in this Discussion link, then select Create Thread to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

I am attaching all the needed required readings that need to be used for this discussion, if you want to use any extra scholarly resources feel free to use them however please make sure to cite it APA7.

I am also attaching the audio and the transcript for the required media as well.

Thanks!

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Various variables influence the satisfaction of employees and determine their absenteeism. They include feedback from co-workers, Employee-of-the-month (EOM) program, and goal setting. One of the strategies that decrease staff absenteeism is feedback from co-workers. A study by Camden and Ludwig, 2013 supports previous research on how feedback effectively minimizes absenteeism. The feedback comprised how other employees are affected by an individual’s absence in terms of extra working hours for the present workers. This interlocking behavioral contingency affects absenteeism since it facilitates more workload on peers and increases the absenteeism rate for other employees (Camden and Ludwig, 2013).

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