Stress and Absenteeism in Civilian Employees Supervised by Army Sergeants: Empirical Evidence from Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Author(s)

Carey Williams, University of PhoenixFollow
Ravi Chinta, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Military and Information Science

ISSN

2148-3124

Publication Date

2016

Abstract/Excerpt

Past literature suggests that leadership style impacts employee attitudes and job performance in organizations. Given the broad scope of military operations, there are many situations in military where military managers supervise civilian employees. Our empirical study explores the effects of Army sergeant supervision of civilian employees at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Several themes in Army sergeants’ perceptions as supervisor of federal civilian employees were studied in-depth: (a) task, (b) education training, (c) family, (d) rules & regulations, (e) open communications, (f) last minute task, (g) direct leadership, and (h) experience. Our findings show that a mismatch between leader perceptions and employee expectations leads to stress and absenteeism. Implications for future research and suggestions to reduce stress and absenteeism are discussed.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17858/jmisci.52002

Volume

4

Issue

1-2

First Page

6

Last Page

18

NSUWorks Citation

Williams, Carey and Chinta, Ravi, "Stress and Absenteeism in Civilian Employees Supervised by Army Sergeants: Empirical Evidence from Fort Belvoir, Virginia" (2016). HCBE Faculty Articles. 1056.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/1056