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1991

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Teacher Absenteeism In Secondary Education, Dow Scott, James C. Wimbush Nov 1991

Teacher Absenteeism In Secondary Education, Dow Scott, James C. Wimbush

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Teacher absenteeism is a serious problem for school systems. Using an existing model of attendance behavior as a guide, attitudinal, demographic and absenteeism data from 265 secondary teachers were examined. Canonical correlation analysis revealed that absenteeism among teachers was significantly related to distance to work, gender, job involvement, and overall job satisfaction.