Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2004

Seiten: 765-782

Zeitschrift: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Bandnummer: 106

Heftnummer: 4

ISSN: 0347-0520

eISSN: 1467-9442

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

Verlag: 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.

Harvard-Zitierstil: 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-Zitierstil: 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