Protecting well-being and performance after sickness presenteeism under demanding conditions: the dual effects of proactive personality and work reward as resources

IF 4 2区心理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2023.2250083

Jing Chen, Luo Lu, C. Cooper

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ABSTRACT Based on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we tested a moderated mediation model of presenteeism. We hypothesized that heavy workload would precipitate sickness presenteeism, which would lead to elevated exhaustion and hampered job performance (mediation). We further hypothesized that proactive personality and work reward would mitigate the positive “presenteeism-exhaustion” and the negative “presenteeism-performance” relationships (moderation on the second-stage of the mediation). We conducted a two-wave panel study (with one year interval), collecting data from 218 employees working in diverse industries in Taiwan. We found significant moderating effects of proactive personality and work reward on the indirect effect of workload on job performance via presenteeism over the span of one year. Contrary to our hypotheses, workload related positively and indirectly (via presenteeism) to job performance, but only for those high in proactive personality and work reward. Although the moderating effects of proactive personality and work reward on the “workload-presenteeism-exhaustion” link were insignificant, results did support the buffering role of proactive personality on the positive relationship between presenteeism and exhaustion. Namely, this relationship was found to be positive only for employees with lower levels of proactive personality, whilst the relationship was not significant for employees higher in proactive personality. These results tentatively suggest that resources have different functions for the outcomes of presenteeism. The possibility to integrate the buffering role of resources against the deleterious effects of presenteeism with the enabling role of resources to support functional presenteeism is not only of theoretical interest, but also of important practical implications for better managing the presenteeism behaviour.

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在苛刻条件下保护生病出勤后的健康和表现:主动性人格和工作奖励作为资源的双重作用

摘要基于资源守恒（COR）理论，我们检验了在场主义的调节中介模型。我们假设繁重的工作量会引发疾病在场主义，这会导致疲惫加剧并阻碍工作表现（调解）。我们进一步假设，积极主动的个性和工作奖励会缓解积极的“在场主义疲惫”和消极的“在场论表现”关系（调解第二阶段的适度）。我们进行了一项两波小组研究（间隔一年），收集了在台湾不同行业工作的218名员工的数据。我们发现，在一年的时间里，积极主动的个性和工作奖励对工作量通过出勤主义对工作表现的间接影响具有显著的调节作用。与我们的假设相反，工作量（通过出勤主义）与工作表现呈正相关或间接相关，但仅适用于那些积极主动的个性和工作回报高的人。尽管积极性人格和工作报酬对“工作量-在场-疲惫”环节的调节作用不显著，但研究结果确实支持积极性人格对在场-疲惫之间的正向关系的缓冲作用。也就是说，这种关系只对积极性人格水平较低的员工是积极的，而对积极性个性水平较高的员工来说，这种关系并不显著。这些结果初步表明，资源对在场主义的结果具有不同的作用。将资源对在场主义有害影响的缓冲作用与资源支持功能在场主义的使能作用相结合的可能性不仅具有理论意义，而且对更好地管理在场主义行为具有重要的现实意义。

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期刊介绍： The mission of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology is to promote and support the development of Work and Organizational Psychology by publishing high-quality scientific articles that improve our understanding of phenomena occurring in work and organizational settings. The journal publishes empirical, theoretical, methodological, and review articles that are relevant to real-world situations. The journal has a world-wide authorship, readership and editorial board. Submissions from all around the world are invited.