HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Stress and Absenteeism in Civilian Employees Supervised by Army Sergeants: Empirical Evidence from Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Journal of Military and Information Science
ISSN or ISBN
2148-3124
Volume
4
Issue/Number
1-2
First Page
6
Last Page
18
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
10.17858/jmisci.52002
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