The present study aims to describe and analyze how presenteeism and organizational commitment of employees are outlined at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), a public organization, over the expansion of the institution. In the last five years, the number of campi went from two to sixteen, thus multiplying the number of employees. This empir...

BACKGROUND It is common that physicians go to work while sick and therefore it is important to understand the reasons behind. Previous research has shown that women and men differ in health and health related behavior. In this study, we examine gender differences among general practitioners who work while sick. METHODS General practitioners (GP's) working in outpatient care in a Swedish city ...

Background: Job stress and presenteeism are perplexing issues in the nursing profession during the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic that must receive increasing attention. Aim: It aimed to assess the job presenteeismprevalence, as well verify association between two concepts among nursing staff during outbreak coronavirus disease 2019. Design: utilized a descriptive, correlational design. Settin...

OBJECTIVE Although research has been conducted on how nurse staffing levels affect outcomes, there has been little investigation into how the health-related productivity of nurses is related to quality of care. Two major causes of worker presenteeism (reduced on-the-job productivity as a result of health problems) are musculoskeletal pain and mental health issues, particularly depression. This ...

Using the job-demands resource theory, basic purpose of this article was to study relationship between cognitive job demands, stress-related presenteeism, and procrastination. Stress-related Presenteeism is a kind psychological state in which individuals are present at work but due stress not able expend their full energies remain distracted. We also tested for combined effect capital demands o...

Absenteeism is an issue that has grown in importance over the past few years; however, little has been done to explore the impact of presenteeism on individual and organisational performance and well-being. This article is based on interviews collected in nine case study organisations in the UK. Two sector organisations (one private and one public) were studied to examine absence management and...

Owner/managers of small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are an under-researched population in terms of psychological distress and the associated health and economic consequences. Using baseline data from the evaluation of the Business in Mind program, a mental health promotion intervention amongst SME owner/managers, this study investigated: (i) prevalence of high/very high psychological distress,...

One source of productivity loss due to illness is the reduced "quantity" or "quality" of labor input while working, often referred to as presenteeism. Illness-related presenteeism has been found to be potentially more costly than absenteeism. To value presenteeism, existing methods use wages as a proxy for marginal productivity at the firm level. However, wage may not equal marginal productivit...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this systematic review were to determine the prevalence of reduced work productivity among people with chronic knee pain as well as specifically categorise determinants of work productivity losses into individual, disease and work-related factors, conduct an evaluation of study methodological quality and present a best-evidence synthesis. METHODS We searched the literatu...