premise: There is a marked discrepancy between what managers see as the causes of absence from work, and the reasons given by employees. Many organisations are now suffering from being too streamlined. By reducing staff levels to such an extent, even minimal levels of absenteeism put remaining employees under intolerable pressure. In due course this may spread stress-related absence or other problems across the organisation.
hypothesis: Managers and staff disagree about the reasons for absenteeism from work