Employer-supported Child Care Centers : the Effects on Absenteeism, Tardiness, and Child Care Costs in Hospitals

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of employer-supported child care centers on absenteeism and tardiness rates, and child care costs of parent-employees working in hospitals. A situational and voluntary sample is used in this study. The research examines absenteeism and tardiness rates with the presence of an employer-supported child care center. The results of the study are discussed in terms of the number of days absent and number of minutes tardy of employees due to the presence of an employer-supported child care center. Categories of child care expenditures are examined with the use of an employer-supported child care center. The format of this master's thesis deviates from the standard thesis style used at Oklahoma State University. The purpose of this deviation in style is to provide a manuscript suitable for publication, as well as fulfilling the necessary thesis requirements. Each manuscript follows the guidelines of a specified journal with minor alterations for presentation in the thesis. The manuscript style for the Home Economics Research Journal, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, was used for both Chapters IV and V. Chapters I, II, and III also use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association along with the Oklahoma state University thesis style. Cooperation of the Graduate College and Dean Norman Durham in allowing format deviations is greatly appreciated.