How daily negative affect and emotional exhaustion correlates with work engagement and presenteeism-constrained productivity.

• DOI: 10.1037/str0000114
• Publication Date: 2018-09-17T13:19:27Z
• Authors: Aristides I. Ferr...; Paula da Costa Fe...; Cary L. Cooper; Dora Oliveira
• Keywords: Presenteeism; Affect; Work Engagement; Occupational Stress; Work productivity

Exploring productivity loss due to presenteeism, and how it can have an influence on employees' has been important concern for HR managers.Using the Conservation of Resources theory Job Demands-Resources model, this study investigated work engagement could mediate relationship between both emotional exhaustion negative affect presenteeism in a country experiencing economic downturn.A total 42 employees from health care institution completed ten-day diary survey (420 tasks).Multilevel linear modeling results, including power analyses, showed that predicted positively, while negatively.Furthermore, we found at day-level, mediated effects presenteeism.This highlights importance promoting reduce through intervention.