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How Our Work Environment Affects Us

The Horizons Tracker

Furthermore, the research investigated presenteeism, a phenomenon where employees work while dealing with health issues, and contrasted it with a scenario in which workers faced no health-related barriers to their work. The study determined that, on average, presenteeism led to a performance reduction of around 34%.

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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

 I can think of few, if any, employee wellness issues that have such a direct and measurable impact on an organization's performance as the absenteeism (and presenteeism) resulting from influenza.   All that said, the health and wellness of your workforce can have a major impact on your organization's performance.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill. To address the human capital challenges faced by the Kingdom, the government desperately needs much more capacity for midlevel planning and reform oversight.