Previous research efforts have concentrated on the link between personal factors and sickness presenteeism, with few attempts to roles of contextual such as organisational culture perceived job insecurity. Also, mechanism through which exists has not been examined across gender divide. Therefore, this paper moderated mediation effects relationship insecurity presenteeism culture. A total 244 (F...

This paper presents an approach to assessing presenteeism (on-the-job productivity loss) that is related to perceived work ability. The aim of this explorative research was to find out if perceived work ability could be a robust indicator, interchangeable with presenteeism, in Finnish food industry organizations. The developed approach was based on existing presenteeism research as well as on r...

In the past it was assumed that work attendance equated to performance. It now appears that health-related loss of productivity can be traced equally to workers showing up at work as well as to workers choosing not to. Presenteeism in the workplace, showing up for work while sick, seems now more prevalent than absenteeism. These findings are forcing organizations to reconsider their approaches ...

BACKGROUND Presenteeism is a growing problem in developed countries mostly due to an aging workforce. The economic costs related to presenteeism exceed those of absenteeism and employer health costs. Employers are implementing workplace health promotion and wellness programs to improve health among workers and reduce presenteeism. How best to design, integrate and deliver these programs are unk...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that immigrant workers face relatively worse working and employment conditions, as well as lower rates of sickness absence than native-born workers. This study aims to assess rates of sickness presenteeism in a sample of Spanish-born and foreign-born workers according to different characteristics. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted amongst a ...

Background Going to work despite feeling sick also known as sickness presenteeism is one of the emerging global occupational health challenges. Sickness presenteeism negatively affects both health of work forces and productivity of organizations in general. However, there is insufficient research exploring this situation in majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ethiopia. Thus...

Presenteeism is one of the major contemporary issues in Human Resource Management (HRM) as it negatively impacts on worker productivity and ultimately organizational goal achievement. Objectives study were; (1) to find degree presenteeism Sri Lankan employees Colombo District who are under study; (2) impact workload employee presenteeism; (3) co-worker pressure (4) supervisor (5) overall worklo...

This study reviewed the effect of biological agents on participation in paid work among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A systematic literature search was performed to identify published articles reporting the effect of biological agents on employment status, sick leave and/or presenteeism. The quality of included articles was assessed according to the guidelines as proposed by the Dut...

Abstract Background Presenteeism among nurses is the common behaviour of being physically present at work when one should not be due to personal health and well-being, a stressful environment, lack work–life balance, or sense professional identity obligation. Aims To explore nurses’ decision-making process related presenteeism in large Hong Kong public hospital. Methods As part larger study on ...

This paper presents an approach to assessing presenteeism (on-the-job productivity loss) that is related to perceived work ability. The aim of this explorative research was to find out if perceived work ability could be a robust indicator, interchangeable with presenteeism, in Finnish food industry organizations. The developed approach was based on existing presenteeism research as well as on r...