AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON EMPLOYEE ABSENTEEISM IN THE WORKPLACE WITH REFERENCE TO WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, BANGALORE

In today's competitive scenario, the term Absenteeism is the place of work in a common phenomenon. It referred to the same as a “bottom-line slaughterer”, impacts the availability of the workforce and the effectiveness of organizations. It means that absenteeism does not include vacation, personal leave, jury-duty leave, or other reasons. The aim of this research paper is to recognize the intensity of employee absenteeism, it come across whether the employees are satisfied with their job & job securities and also know the views as regards functioning environment at Wipro Technologies, Bangalore.Descriptive research type is adopted for this study employing both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The target population of the study is employees of Wipro Technologies Limited. Questionnaires were used to collect both quantitative and qualitative figures respectively. Convenience sampling was adopted to identify the category of Wipro employees. Qualitative data were analyzed using the thematic method, while quantitative data analyzed using various statistical methods. A total of 50 questionnaires with self-explanatory questions were administered to employees of Wipro technologies in Bangalore. MS-Excel and Statistics were used for analysis purpose.The findings of the study are discussed in the context of the theoretical and empirical background of employee absenteeism in the workplace. The findings indicated that 48%of informants fall in the age group of 20-30 years, 56% of informants are male, 36%, greater part of the Employees are satisfied with the job replacement offered via the business, 32%are not subjected to any disciplinary action only a few percent of employees are subjected to serious disciplinary action like i.e,6%. The results of the research have given valuable insights into the area of employee absenteeism in the workplace at Wipro Technology in Bangalore. By adapting the above suggestions will make the organization in helping to have optimum number of employees at workpla