Employee absenteeism is one of the problems in oil palm plantation. This behavior leads to low productivity and high burdening business cost. This study aims to examine, analyze and explain the influence of stress, family issues, working environment and salary to employee absenteeism in oil palm estate. The primary data used in this study come from questionnaire on respondents’ stress, family issues, working environment, salary and employee absenteeism. From 90 people as the population, 73 respondents who met the criteria as a sample were chosen by using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS Version 22. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence simultaneously between stress, family issues and working environment on employee absenteeism. Family issues has the highest share and proportion 25.8% of the variation in employee absenteeism, so it needs special attention. Performance and productivity for estate workers are very crucial to ensure the estate’s operation runs smoothly. So, estate manager shall pay special attention to engage their workers.
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To Cite this Article: Syahlan, S., Zulkefli, F., Muhammad, M. Z., & Sani, S. (2020). Factors Affecting Employee Absenteeism in Oil Palm Estate. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(4), 110–118.
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