Presenteeism at Work

Explains how employees who come to work sick can disrupt team dynamism, damage productivity, and cost organizations more than absenteeism.

Cary L. Cooper (Edited by), Luo Lu (Edited by)

9781107183780, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 August 2018

338 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.61 kg

'This volume covers an important topic and contains insightful chapters by expert authors on the causes and consequences of presenteeism. Importantly, the issue is also tackled from a cross-cultural perspective.' Ivan Robertson, Director, RobertsonCooper

Coming to work sick may do more harm than staying home - for the employee, the team, and the firm. Whilst the cost of absenteeism in organizations has been widely acknowledged and extensively examined, the counter-issue of 'presenteeism' has only recently attracted scholarly attention as a phenomenon that harms employee wellbeing, disrupts team dynamism, and damages productivity. This volume brings together leading international scholars from diverse scientific backgrounds, including occupational psychology, health, and medicine, to provide a pioneering review of the subject. International in scope, the collection incorporates both Western and East Asian perspectives, making it an informative resource for multinational companies seeking to formulate human resource strategies and better manage their culturally diverse workforce. It will also appeal to scholars and graduate students researching human resource management, organization studies, organizational health, and organizational psychology.

Introduction Cary L. Cooper and Luo Lu
Part I. Situating Presenteeism on the Global Stage: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches: 1. presenteeism: an introduction to a prevailing global phenomenon Cary L. Cooper and Maria Karanika-Murray
2. Presenteeism: a critical review of the literature Mouna Knani, Caroline Biron and Pierre-Sébastien Fournier
3. Understanding the excessive availability for work in the Confucian Asia: interactions between socio-cultural forces and personal drives Luo Lu and Shu-Fang Kao
Part II. Understanding the Behavior of Presenteeism: 4. Motivation and presenteeism: the whys and whats Jie Ma, Dan Meltzer, Liu-Qin Yang and Cong Liu
5. The dynamic of assiduity at work: presenteeism and absenteeism Eric Gosselin
6. Sickness presenteeism and attendance-pressure factors Gunnar Aronsson and Staffan Marklund
7. Presenteeism in economic research Petri Böckerman
Part III. Understanding the Consequences of Presenteeism: 8. Presenteeism and wellbeing at work Mariella Miraglia and Gary Johns
9. Presenteeism, burnout and health Aristides I. Ferreira
10. Presenteeism and innovative behaviour Hsueh-Liang Fan
Part IV. Understanding Presenteeism in Cross-Cultural Context: 11. Presenteeism and work-family/family-work conflict: a cross-cultural approach with two Latin countries Luis F. Martinez, Aristides I. Ferreira and Tânia A. M. Nunes
12. Presenteeism in the Chinese work context Yanxia Wang, Chih-Chieh Chen and Patricia Fosh.

Subject Areas: Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU], Personnel & human resources management [KJMV2], Business & management [KJ], Economics [KC], Experimental psychology [JML], Psychology [JM]