An Exploratory Study of Presenteeism in Turkish Context

Authors

  • Mehmet Çetin Beykent University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/emaj.2016.93

Keywords:

Presenteeism, Absenteeism, Performance

Abstract

Presenteeism has been an emerging research era, where many exploratory questions may be produced. Literature is not very definitive for the conceptualization of the construct in many aspects. There are few studies about the reasons, measurement approaches and positive outcomes of the concept. Studies conducted in Turkish context are even fewer. Paper combines two studies; first study aims to investigate different conceptualizations, possible reasons, negative and positive outcomes of presenteeism. The purpose of the second study is to find out how those concepts structure and relate to each other. Findings provide useful insights for reasons, outcomes and criteria of presenteeism. They also indicate different conceptualization of the concept and there are significant relationships between variables according to the research.

 

 

 

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