"No Pain No Gain": Presenteeism Evaluation Through Calling with Job Crafting as a Sensemaking Strategy

Area of Science:

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Management
• Psychology

Background:

• Presenteeism, working while unwell, is often linked to productivity loss.
• However, motivational factors driving positive presenteeism remain underexplored.
• Self-Determination Theory (SDT) provides a framework to understand these drivers.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate employees' calling as a precursor to presenteeism.
• To explore job crafting as a potential mediating mechanism.
• To examine the positive aspects of presenteeism beyond the medical field.

Main Methods:

• Data collected from 274 textile sector employees in Pakistan.
• Time-lagged data used to test hypotheses.
• Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS software.

Main Results:

• A significant positive association was found between calling and presenteeism.
• Both direct and indirect relationships between calling and presenteeism were supported.
• Job crafting did not mediate the calling-presenteeism relationship as hypothesized.

Conclusions:

• Calling is a significant antecedent of presenteeism, supporting its positive motivational role.
• The study extends presenteeism research to the textile sector.
• Future research should explore other mediators and sectors.