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Marie-France Coutu1, Marc Corbière, Marie-José Durand
1From the Charles LeMoyne Research Centre (Dr Coutu, Dr Corbière, Dr Durand, Ms Labrecque, Dr Berbiche, and Ms Albert), Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil; and Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (Dr Nastasia), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Objective:
To test a model of presenteeism on the basis of established and emerging theories separated into organizational and individual factors that could be mediated by psychological distress.
Methods:
This was a Web survey of 2371 employees (response rate of 48%) of a provincial government agency. We assessed theories with validated measures for organizational and individual factors.
Results:
Psychological distress was negatively associated to presenteeism, when controlling for sex, short-term work absence in the last year, and social desirability. Both individual and organizational factors were related to psychological distress. The most important factors included the presence of stress events in the preceding 6 months, extrinsic efforts (interruptions, work requirements), self-esteem as a worker, and internal amotivation.
Conclusions:
By identifying modifiable factors, our results suggest that the implementation of a work organization structure that promotes stimulation and accomplishment would reduce psychological distress and further presenteeism.
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