AN EXAMINATION OF CONFLICTING FINDINGS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND ABSENTEEISM: A META-ANALYSIS.

This study, which applied meta-analytic procedures, found a significant negative relationship between certain facets of job satisfaction and absenteeism. Findings suggest that sampling errors, scale inadequacies, and the use of different measures of job satisfaction and absence are the reasons for inconsistencies in previous empirical research that examined the relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]