Absenteeism research has often been criticized for using inappropriate analysis. Characristics of absence of data, notably that it is usually truncated and Skewed. Violate assumptions of OLS regresion; however, OLS and correlation analysis remain the dominant models of absenteeism research.

A typology of four different groups of temporary workers (transitional, traditional, career, boundaryless) is derived from economic, strategic, and human resource theories. Based on a survey of 276 temporary workers, we find support for distinguishing between high-skilled boundaryless...