University of Tehran Press Organizational Culture Management 2423-6942 19 3 2021 09 23 Designing a Model for Absenteeism Management Using Mix Methods Approach Designing a Model for Absenteeism Management Using Mix Methods Approach 577 608 80823 10.22059/jomc.2021.318081.1008221 FA Mahdi Nasr Esfahani PhD Student of Public Administration, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Saeed Sharifi Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Alborz Gheitani Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Mehrnaz Nasr Esfahani Visiting Professor, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran and Assistant Professor, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran Journal Article 2021 02 01 This study aimed at presenting a model of employee absenteeism management using mixed methods approach. This applied, exploratory study was carried using grounded theory and exploratory factor analysis. The qualitative part involved 19 in-depth and semi-structured interviews with the organizational experts and employees who had been frequently involved with absenteeism. In the quantitative part, 302 questionnaires were distributed among the employees of Isfahan provincial branch of Iranian National Tax Administration. The non-probability, dependent heterogeneous sampling method was used for the qualitative part, and random sampling method was applied in the quantitative part. The analysis of the data collected in the qualitative section was done manually and using software MAXQDA 12 based on grounded theory. In quantitative part, the data obtained from the exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire responses was analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version 26). The results of grounded theory led to the attainment of the employee absenteeism management model based on exploratory factor analysis. This study aimed at presenting a model of employee absenteeism management using mixed methods approach. This applied, exploratory study was carried using grounded theory and exploratory factor analysis. The qualitative part involved 19 in-depth and semi-structured interviews with the organizational experts and employees who had been frequently involved with absenteeism. In the quantitative part, 302 questionnaires were distributed among the employees of Isfahan provincial branch of Iranian National Tax Administration. The non-probability, dependent heterogeneous sampling method was used for the qualitative part, and random sampling method was applied in the quantitative part. The analysis of the data collected in the qualitative section was done manually and using software MAXQDA 12 based on grounded theory. In quantitative part, the data obtained from the exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire responses was analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version 26). The results of grounded theory led to the attainment of the employee absenteeism management model based on exploratory factor analysis.

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