The systematic gathering recording and analyzing of the data about problems, formulating hypothesis and suggested collecting, organizing and evaluating data, making deductions and reaching conclusion and carefully testing the conclusions to determine whether they fit the formulating hypothesis.
Aim of the study:
Having assigned the task of conducting a survey for the esteemed and prestigious “Rane (Madras) Ltd” the aim of the research is
“Study of the reason that way for the increased rate of Absenteeism among workers in Rane (Madras) Ltd.”
Research Design:
The process starts after selection of the topic research design denotes the planning of the resource study by which the research followed the below methods and techniques.
The type of research design framed for the study is “Descriptive Research”.
Sample Size:
The survey is conducted with 110 employees of Rane (Madras) Ltd.
This is determined by the considering the time factors and restrictions in the company.
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Sampling Techniques:
The sampling technique is taken for the study is “Convenience Sampling”.
Data Collection Method:
After identifying and defining the research problem and determining specific information required is solve the problem, the task is to look for the type and source of data which may yield the desired results. Two types of data are being collected but the primary data form a major part of the study.
The Two Types of Data Collection:
• Primary data &
• Secondary data
Primary Data:
These are the date that are freshly collected form the employees so as to find the increased rate of irregular attendance questionnaires are being, prepared and circulated among the employees so as to collect accurate data and results.
Secondary Data:
The process of secondary data collection and analysis is called research.
It includes those data, which are collected for that earlier research work. Thus efficacious use of secondary data can save both money and time of the
Collection of data through Questionnaires:
This method of data collection is quite popular, particularly in case of big enquires. It is being adopted by private individuals, research workers, private and public organizations and even by governments. In this method a questionnaires is consists of a number of questions printed or typed in a definite order on a form or set of forms.
The method of collection data by mailing the questionnaires to respondents is most extensively employed in various economic and business surveys. Respondents, who are not easily approachable, can also be reached conveniently. Large samples can be made use of and thus the results can be made more dependable and reliable.
Statistical Tools Used:
The statistical tools which will be used to analysis the data are:
• Chi-square analysis
• Sample percentage method
Chi-square analysis:
If the research is interested in determining whether the number of observations in or responses that fall into various categories differ from chance. If the data is normally scaled, a chi-square test is applied.
The formula for computing chi-square is Chi-square = ∑ (Oi-Ei)²/Ei
Where
Oi = Observed frequency Ei = Expected frequency
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square for the given degree of freedom at specified level of significant. If the calculated value of chi-square is less than the table value the difference
between theories and observation is considered to be significant that is it could not have raised due to fluctuations of simple sampling on the other hand.
Sample percentage method:
This method is used in making comparison between two or more series of data. Percentages are used to describe relationship percentages can also be used to compare the relative terms.
Table No – 1
Workers Gender
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Male 110 100
Female 0 0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 100% of employees belong to male workers.
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W o rk e rs G e n d e r
0%
100%
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
M ale F em ale
G e n d e rs
% of Respondances
Table No - 2
Age of workers:
Age No. of Respondents % of Respondents
18 – 25 Yrs 10 9
25 – 35 Yrs 20 19
35 – 45 Yrs 20 19
45 & Above Yrs 60 55
Total 110 100
From the above table, 55% of employees are in 45 years and above, 19% of employees are in between 25 to 45 years of age.
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A g e o f w o rk e rs
9%
18% 18%
55%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
18 - 25 25 - 35 35 - 45 45 & A bove
A g e
% of Respondances
Table No - 3
Qualification of Employees:
Qualifications No. of Respondents % of Respondents
S.S.L.C 45 41
I.T.I 35 32
Diploma 25 23
Engineering 5 4
Total 110 100
From the above table, 41% of employees have SSLC qualification, 32%
of employees have I.T.I qualification, 23% of employees have Diploma & 4%
of employees have Engineering qualification.
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Table No – 4
Work Experience:
Experience No. of Respondents % of Respondents
0 – 5 Yrs 3 3
5 – 10 Yrs 10 9
10 – 15 Yrs 14 13
15 – 20 yrs 19 17
20 & Above 64 58
Total 110 100
From the above table, 58% of employees have 20 years and above work experience.
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Table No – 5
Distance from the Residence:
Distances No. of Respondents % of Respondents
0 – 5 Kms 15 14
5 – 10 Kms 35 32
10 – 15 Kms 35 32
15 – 20 Kms 20 18
20 & Above Kms 5 5
Total 110 100
From the above table, 64% of employees are traveling between 5 – 15 kms daily from their residence to the office.
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Table No - 6
Mode of Transport:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
By Train & Walk 10 9
By Govt. Bus 55 50
By Own Vehicle 35 32
By Walk 10 9
Total 110 5
From the above table, 50% of employees are coming to office by Government Bus, 32% of employees are coming to office by their own vehicle.
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M o d e o f T ra n s p o rt
9 %
5 0 % 32 %
9 %
B y Train & W a lk B y G o vt. B u s B y O w n V e h ic le B y W a lk
Table No - 7
Difficult to reach factory on time:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 0 0
Agree 35 32
Disagree 40 36
Strongly Disagree 15 14
Neither agree nor
Disagree 20
18
Total 110 100
From the above table, 36% of employees Disagrees to reach the factory on time.
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Table No - 8
Job Satisfaction:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 45 41
Agree 55 50
Disagree 10 9
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 0
0
Total 110
100
From the above table, 50% of employees Agrees about their job satisfaction & 41% of employees Strongly Agrees.
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J o b S a tis fa c tio n
4 1
5 0
9
0 0
0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0
S t ro n g ly A g re e A g re e D is a g re e S t ro n g ly D is a g re eN e it h e r a g re e n o r D is a g re e F a c to r s
% of Respondentes
Table No - 9
Salary Satisfaction:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 10 41
Agree 70 50
Disagree 20 9
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 10
0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 50% of employees Agree that they are satisfied with the salary, 41% of employees Strongly Agrees that they are satisfied with the salary.
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Table No - 10
Team workers are regular to work:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 10 9
Agree 95 86
Disagree 0 0
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 5
5
Total 110 100
From the above table, 86% of employees Agrees that they team workers are regular to work.
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Team workers are regular to work
9%
86%
0%
0%5%
Strongly Agree Agree
Disagree Strongly Disagree
Neither agree nor Disagree
Table No – 11
Good co-operation with colleagues:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 20 18
Agree 90 82
Disagree 0 0
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 0
0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 82% of employees Agrees that they are having a Good cooperation with their colleagues.
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Table No – 12
Cordial relationship with higher authorities:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 5 5
Agree 100 90
Disagree 5 5
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 0
0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 90% of employees Agrees that they are having cordial relationship with their higher authorities.
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Table No – 13
Ranking the factors of Absenteeism:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Work Stress 10 9
Family Stress 30 27
Personal Problem 45 41
Unexpected Work 25 23
Inadequacy leave
facility 0
0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 41% of employees are taking leave due to their Personal problem, 27% are due to Family Stress, 23% are due to Unexpected works & 9% of employees are taking leave due to Work stress.
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R a n k in g th e fa c to rs o f A b s e n te e is m
9%
27%
41%
23% 0%
W ork S tres s Fam ily S tres s P ers onal P roblem Unexpec ted W ork Inadequac y leave fac ility
Table No – 14
Type of Leave Taking frequently:
Types of Leave No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Casual Leave 100 91
Privilege Leave 10 9
Total 110 100
From the above table, 91% of employees prefer to use their Casual leaves.
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T y p e o f L e a v e T a k in g fre q u e n tly
9 1 % 9 %
C a s u a l L e a veP rivile g e L e a ve
Table No – 15
Receiving the Leave Grievances
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Yes 95 86
No 15 14
Total 110 100
From the above table, 86% of employees are receiving the Leave grievances from the company.
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86%
14%
0 20 40 60 80 100
% o f Re sp o n d e n te s
Y es No
F a cto rs
R e c e iv in g th e L e a v e G rie v a n c e s
Table No – 16
Compensating the leave taken days
compensating the days No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Yes 100 91
No 10 9
Total 110 100
From the above table, 91% of employees are compensating their leave taken days by working on any weekends.
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91%
9%
0 20 40 60 80 100
% o f Re sp o n d e n te s
Y es No
F a cto rs
C o m p e n s a tin g th e lea v e tak e n d a y s
Table No – 17
Other source of Income:
Other Income No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Yes 10 9
No 100 91
Total 110 100
From the above table, 9% of employees have other sources of income.
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Other sources of Income
Ye s 9%
No 91%
Chart No – 17
Table No – 18
I feel boredom in doing the assigned duty:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 0 0
Agree 40 36
Disagree 50 45
Strongly Disagree 5 5
Neither agree nor
Disagree 15 14
Total 110 100
From the above table, 45% of employees Strongly Disagrees the work boredom.
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A gree D is agreeS trongly D is agree
Table No – 19
Satisfied with the company policy:
company policy No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 15 14
Agree 90 82
Disagree 5 5
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 0 0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 82% of employees Agrees with their company policies.
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Table No - 20
I feel safety in my work place:
Factors No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Strongly Agree 10 10
Agree 95 86
Disagree 5 4
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Neither agree nor
Disagree 0 0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 86% of employees Agrees that they feel safety in their work place.
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Table No – 21
The shift that I feel convenient for me:
Other Income No. of Respondents % of Respondents
I – Shift 90 82
II – Shift 15 14
III – Shift 5 5
Total 110 100
From the above table, 82% of employees feel comfortable to work in I – Shift.
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The shift that I feel convenient for me
81%
14% 5%
I - Shift II - Shift III - Shift
Table No – 22
Minimum no. of leave taken days for one year:
Leave taken days No. of Respondents % of Respondents
0 - 2 Days 0 0
2 - 4 Days 20 18
4 - 6 Days 30 27
6 - 8 Days 60 55
Total 110 100
From the above table, 55% of employees are taking minimum no. of leaves, number of leave is 6 – 8 days for a year.
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M in im u m n o o f d a y s le a v e ta k e n fo r o n e y e a r
5 5 %
2 7 % 1 8 %
0 0 % 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0
0 - 2 D a y s 2 - 4 D a ys 4 -6 D a y s 6 - 8 D a y s D a ys
% of Respondentes
Table No – 23
Maximum no. of leave taken days for one year:
Leave taken days No. of Respondents % of Respondents
10 Days 70 64
15 Days 15 14
20 Days 20 18
25 Days 5 5
Total 110 100
From the above table, 64% of employees are taking maximum number of leaves, leave is 10 days for a year.
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6 4 %
1 4 % 1 3 %
5 % 0
1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0
% o f R e sp o n d e n te s
1 0 D a y s 1 5 D a y s 2 0 D a y s 2 5 D a y s D a y s
M a x im u m n o . o f d a y s le a v e ta k e n F o r o n e y e a r
Table No – 24
Getting Leave Approvals:
Leave Approvals No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Prior Permission 95 86
After Permission 15 14
Without Permission 0 0
Total 110 100
From the above table, 86% of employees are getting Prior approvals for their leaves.
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Chart No – 24
L e a v e A p p ro v a ls
8 6 % 1 4 % 0 %
P rio r P e rm iss io nA fte r P e rm iss io nW ith o u t P e rm is sio n
Table No – 25
Suggestions from employees:
Suggestions No. of Respondents % of Respondents
Bus Facilities 30 27
Leave Grievance
increases 15 14
Every thing is Ok 65 59
Total 110 100
From the above table, 59% of employees are accepting that Every thing is Ok, 27% of employees expecting Bus Facilities & 14% of employees wants to increase Leave Grievances.
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S u g g e s tio n s fro m e m p lo y e e s
2 7 %
1 4 % 5 9 %
B u s F a c ilitie sLe a ve G rie va n c e in c re a s e sE ve ry th in g is O k