The relationships between presenteeism, perceived organizational support, climate of fear and vigor

Abstract

Evaluating the human resources most effectively is crucially significant for the achievement of the enterprises. The productivity and achievement of the nurses who play important roles especially in the quality of health services are of great importance. One of the factors affecting productivity is the disease inherent in human beings. Continuation of the work despite the illness that negatively affects the productivity of the employee is called presenteeism and is examined in terms of organizational variables. The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationships among the presenteeism, climate of fear, perceived organizational support, and vigor. Data was collected from 418 nurses by survey and analyzed through Structural Equation Model. According to the results of the analysis, it was determined that climate of fear had positive effect and perceived organizational support had negative effect on presenteeism. Nevertheless, it was also determined that presenteeism and perceived organizational support positively affected the affectedness to vigor, and climate of fear affected negatively. It is determined that the effects of organizational factors on presenteeism are important and a model is revealed based on these results.