Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2022-08-06
Number: 22-052/V
Author-Name: Sam Hoey
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: Thomas Peeters
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: Jan C. van Ours
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Title: The Impact of Absent Coworkers on Productivity in Teams
Abstract: We study how workers in production teams are affected by the temporary absence
and replacement of a coworker. When a substitute coworker is absent, the remaining
coworkers produce less output per working time. They compensate for this by increasing their working time at the expense of the (less able) replacement worker, such
that the output loss per remaining worker is not significant. When a complementary
coworker is absent, we see a similar loss in output per minute worked, but this directly
leads to a loss of output produced, because remaining workers do not take over the
absent worker’s tasks
Classification-JEL: J24, M50, M54
Keywords: Absenteeism, worker productivity, team production, ice hockey
File-URL: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/22052.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20220052