Concept of Presenteeism and Models in Presenteeism
Keywords:
Presenteeism, Models, Health problemsAbstract
The aim of this study is to identify the concept of Presenteeism and models of presenteeism. Presenteeism refers to work while ill. Presenteeism is a subject interested to scholars, industry experts recently. This concept is not widely studied in countries like India. This article tries to introduce concept of presenteeism, history of development of concept, factors influencing presenteeism and main models developed. It is argued that presenteeism has high influence on employee performance and productivity. So this concept has high importance on organizations theoretical and applied research.
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