Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (17th Edition)
Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (17th Edition)
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780134439822
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 16CR
Summary Introduction

To Determine:

Whether organizations should be concerned about the sleepiness of their employees and the factors influencing sleep that might be more or less under the control of the organization.

Case Summary: Sleepiness is a costly organizational problem we can no longer overlook. It lowers performance and productivity and increases unethical behavior, accidents and injuries. The effect of sleepiness affects the organization which in turn leads to longer working hours and thus more sleepiness. Thus, it seems to be a vicious cycle. Researches on sleep deprivation has found that sleep deprived and tired workers faces more of back pain, heart diseases, less productivity, depression, anxiety and dissatisfaction from their jobs.

Adequate Information: One of the research surveys has found that 12% of workers were late to work, 2% did not go to work because of sleepiness, 4% of workers left work place early and 29% of workers slept at their work stations.

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You are the Human Resource Manager of your company and your input has been sought for the following scenarios: Aimee is the mother of a new born. She is very dedicated to her work but she used to stay for longer hours at work before she had her baby. Now she tries to schedule her work so that she leaves around 5:00 p.m. Her immediate manager feels that Aimee is no longer dedicated or committed to her work and is considering passing her over for a promotion. Jack is a married male, while John is single. Your company has an assignment in a branch in Mexico that would last a couple of years. Management feels that John would be better for this assignment because he is single and is free to move. Brett, a sales employee has painful migraines intermittently during the workday. He would like to take short naps during the day as a preventative measure and he also needs a place where he can nap when a migraine occurs. His immediate manager feels that this is unfair to the rest of the…
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