School of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK.
York Business School, York St. John University, York, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2018 Feb 16;68(1):46-50. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqx191.
There is growing evidence that presenteeism can be damaging for individuals and organizations. It is, therefore, important to identify the prevalence of working while sick in different working environments and the factors that contribute to such behaviour.
To examine the prevalence of self-reported presenteeism in academic staff working in UK universities and colleges and the extent to which job demands, control, support and work engagement are risk factors.
Scales from the Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool were used to measure job demands, control and support from managers and co-workers. Work engagement was assessed using a validated measure and the frequency of self-reported presenteeism was measured. The effects of demands, control, support and engagement on presenteeism were examined with ordinal regression analysis.
The study sample comprised 6874 people working in academic roles in UK colleges and universities (59% female). Most respondents (88%) reported working while sick at least sometimes. The risk factors for presenteeism were job demands, control, support from managers and work engagement.
The findings of this study indicate that presenteeism is commonplace in UK colleges and universities. Some of the features of the job that might encourage employees to work while sick are highlighted, whereas engagement in work was an additional risk factor.
越来越多的证据表明，出勤主义对个人和组织都可能造成损害。因此，识别不同工作环境中员工带病工作的普遍程度以及导致这种行为的因素非常重要。
调查在英国大学工作的学术人员自我报告的出勤主义的流行程度，以及工作需求、控制、支持和工作投入度是如何成为这种行为的风险因素的。
使用健康与安全执行管理标准指标工具中的量表来衡量工作需求、管理者和同事的控制和支持。使用经过验证的测量方法评估工作投入度，并测量自我报告的出勤主义的频率。使用有序回归分析来检验需求、控制、支持和投入度对出勤主义的影响。
本研究的样本包括在英国学院和大学从事学术角色的 6874 人（女性占 59%）。大多数受访者（88%）报告说至少有时会带病工作。出勤主义的风险因素包括工作需求、控制、管理者支持和工作投入度。
本研究的结果表明，出勤主义在英国学院和大学中很常见。突出了一些可能促使员工带病工作的工作特征，而工作投入度则是另一个风险因素。
