Research in the 1950s was beginning to address what Uris (1955) called
“emotional conditions” or feelings among employees and between supervisory or
management levels. These authors all agreed that causes for absenteeism were not
just physical illness and the like. Following a suggestion from the 1950 Covner article,
Uris (1955) recommended treating absenteeism as an “ailment” in and of itself, with
causes rooted in conditions that would often be within management’s control, further
asserting that such factors are the psychological contributors that lead to absenteeism.