Exploratory Analysis of Related Factors with Absenteeism and Presenteeism on Workers: Using the Fourth Korea Working Condition Survey

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors related to absenteeism and presenteeism in workers and to provide basic evidence to help improve their quality of life and work productivity. Methods: Data from the Fourth Korea working condition survey were analyzed. A stepwise regression model was developed to identify the related factors for exploratory analysis. Results: Absenteeism and subjective risk perception related to work and health conditions were the strongest predictive factors, followed by presenteeism. Fatigue was the strongest predictive factor for presenteeism, followed by a high temperature at the workplace, lower back pain, and other health conditions, in that order. Conclusion: The quality of life and the productivity of workers could be improved by focusing on the factors affecting absenteeism and presenteeism, such as the working environment and health status.

Influence of the Thermal Environment on Occupational Health and Safety in Automotive Industry: A Case Study

“…If the thermal environment, as a part of the work environment, is not adapted to the executor, he or she could undergo thermal stress, which can determine physiological effects that increase the probability of wrong actions or oversight of the worker. These worker errors can affect both a company’s OH&S performance (by producing incidents, work accidents or occupational diseases) and productivity (by generating products with quality issues, reducing worker’s performance or generating presenteeism and absenteeism issues) and also generate additional costs for companies [ 21 , 22 ]. Moreover, the potential negative synergic effects of thermal stress exposure and other types of occupational risks should be considered.…”

“…Physiological effects of thermal stress exposure determine a higher risk of work accidents, diseases and health problems, affecting productivity by presenteeism and absenteeism issues and generating additional costs for the companies [ 21 , 22 ]. Furthermore, thermal stress exposure could have a significant negative synergic effect with other types of occupational risks such as neuropsychic effort in the case of workplaces where the mental load required by the work tasks is at a high level (e.g., air traffic controllers or electricians working on powerlines) [ 23 , 24 , 25 ].…”

Presenteeism İyi Midir Kötü Müdür? Okullarda Fenomenolojik Bir Çalışma

“…Generally, presenteeism research focuses on the health problems behind the inability to function of employees in the workplace (Evans, 2004;Johansson & Lundberg, 2004;Turpin et al, 2004). Much of the research focuses on physical health problems such as allergies, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, heart disease, hypertension, migraine/headache, fatigue, respiratory infections, and neck and back pain (Aronsson et al, 2000;Bae, 2021;Baker-McClearn et al, 2010;Caverley et al, 2007;Dudenhöffer et al, 2017;Gwinnutt et al, 2020;Hiles et al, 2018;Kinman & Wray, 2018), relatively ignoring the other health problems of individuals. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as the absence of symptoms of physical illness and a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being (Ni et al, 2020).…”

Advances in Population-Based Healthcare Research: From Measures to Evidence

“…Lastly, Bae’s research aimed to identify factors that affect absenteeism and presenteeism in the Korean working population, suggesting that workers’ quality of life and productivity could be improved by focusing on factors including fatigue, high temperatures at the workplace, and lower back pain as predictors of presenteeism [ 15 ].…”