To conduct an investigation into absenteeism in Cape Town organisations

Includes bibliography.This dissertation describes the investigation into absenteeism in Cape Town manufacturing industries which the writer conducted in 1992. It presents the main findings from this investigation as well as a series of recommendations regarding the recording and reduction of absenteeism in industry. The investigation was undertaken to investigate: the nature and extent of absenteeism in the Cape Town area, the main causes or variables associated with the problem of absenteeism, and to establish what industries were doing to combat the problem. The writer used a convenience sample of twenty manufacturing industries in the Cape Town region. The study involved identifying the amount and nature of absenteeism by quantitative analysis of attendance records