Abstract:

There are many factors which affect employee absenteeism, but the effect of terrorism and its fear is underexplored in previous research. This study examines the important phenomenon of terrorism fear and its impact on employee absenteeism through the lens of terrorism-induced perceived stress in a sample of education sector employees in Pakistan. We took samples from the two most affected provinces, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The findings revealed that those employees who are fearful of terror show high levels of perceived stress, and those employees who display perceived stress are most often absent from work. Moreover, the direct link between fear of terror and absenteeism was positive. This study’s implications and directions for future research are discussed on the basis of the findings.