Dysfunctional presenteeism: effects of physical and mental health on work performance

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Journal Article

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Publication date

April 18, 2022

Summary:

Poor health in the workforce is costly to employers and the economy. This is partly due to health problems causing people to spend less time at work but is also due to people being less productive while at work. In this paper, we investigate the causes of dysfunctional presenteeism, defined as reduced productivity at work due to health problems. We find that both physical and mental health significantly predict the probability of dysfunctional presenteeism, and the effects of mental health problems seem to be worse than physical health. In comparison, changes to most other characteristics have little or no effect.

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The Manchester School

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12402

ISSN

14636786

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© 2022 The Authors. The Manchester School published by The University of Manchester and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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