Calderon, Andrienne C. M.2014-03-142014-03-141986-09-05etd-11152013-040512http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45757The purpose of this study was to explain the effect of a lottery-based incentive program on employee absenteeism. Based on a review of the relevant literature, seven variables were examined: (1) past attendance behavior; (2) employee liking for the lottery program; (3) employee perceptions of the contingency of rewards; (4) employee perceptions of acceptable levels of absenteeism; (5) employee perceptions of the clarity of management's attendance goals; (6) employee perceptions of the reasonableness of management's attendance goals; and (7) employee expectations of success in improving attendance.xiii, 168 leavesBTDapplication/pdfIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1986.C343Absenteeism (Labor)LotteriesThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040512/