“To work, or not to work, that is the question” – Recent trends and avenues for research on presenteeism

Abstract

Background: This study investigated the association between presenteeism and the perceived availability of social support among hospital doctors in China. Methods: A questionnaire was administered by doctors randomly selected from 13 hospital in Hangzhou China using strati ed sampling. Logit model was used for data analysis. Results: The overall response rate was 88.16%. Among hospital doctors, for each unit increase of the perceived availability of social support, the prevalence of presenteeism was decreased by 8.3% (OR=0.91, P=0.000). In particular, if the doctors perceived availability of appraisal support, belonging support and tangible support as su cient, the act of presenteeism was reduced by 20.2% (OR=0.806, P=0.000) 20.4% (OR=0.803, P=0.000) and 21.0% (OR=0.799, P=0.000) respectively with statistical differences. Conclusion: In China, appraisal support, belonging support and tangible support, compared to other social support, had a stronger negative correlation with presenteeism among hospital doctors. The bene ts of social support in alleviating doctors' presenteeism warrant further investigation.

Nurses’ Job Insecurity and Emotional Exhaustion: The Mediating Effect of Presenteeism and the Moderating Effect of Supervisor Support

“…The first limitation is that the cross-sectional design limits our ability to infer causality or determine changes in participants' presenteeism behaviors over time. Therefore, longitudinal studies are suggested to investigate whether nurses' presenteeism behaviors have continuous negative effects on outcome variables and the interaction between variables (Ruhle et al, 2020). Second, the local data and small sample size limit the generalization of the conclusion.…”

Evaluation of the association between presenteeism and perceived availability of social support among hospital doctors in Zhejiang, China

“…While such finding improves the current understanding about the association between the 2 variable, further studies are needed to inform future intervention studies on measures alleviating presenteeism. Considering the limitations of the findings from this study, and based on the analysis on perspective research on presenteeism [81], to investigate the needs to incorporate the availability of social support for doctors when managing a healthcare facility, future studies are needed to investigate [1] the long-term and short-term functional and dysfunctional effects of presenteeism [2]; the productivity loss attributable to presenteeism; and [3] the impact of interventions that improve social support on the effects of presenteeism and the productivity loss attributable to presenteeism. Moreover, the subjects in this study were comprised exclusively of hospital doctors in Zhejiang.…”

Evaluation of the association between presenteeism and perceived availability of social support among hospital doctors in Zhejiang, China

“…While such nding improves the current understanding about the association between the 2 variable, further studies are needed to inform future intervention studies on measures alleviating presenteeism. Considering the limitations of the ndings from this study, and based on the analysis on perspective research on presenteeism 82 , to investigate the needs to incorporate the availability of social support for doctors when managing a healthcare facility, future studies are needed to investigate (1) the long-term and short-term functional and dysfunctional effects of presenteeism; (2) the productivity loss attributable to presenteeism; and (3) the impact of interventions that improve social support on the effects of presenteeism and the productivity loss attributable to presenteeism. Moreover, the subjects in this study were comprised exclusively of hospital doctors in Zhejiang.…”