A RESEARCH ABOUT EMPLOYEES' WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND PRESENTEEISM TENDENCY

Year 2013, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 119 - 129, 01.12.2013

M. Halit Yıldırım Muhammet Saygın Sevil Yıldırım

Abstract

This study is designed in order to deal with the impacts of presenteeism tendency on work-life balance. The work-life balance indicates the consistency between the time spent at work and in private life. Conflicts between these two dimensions have become a major problem for businesses as well as employees. Presenteeism refers to the circumstances in which employees keep on working in spite of the fact that they are unable to work owing to their own unhealthy situations. So, excessive workload and sense of responsibility of the employees, who feel as if they are required to be at work not mentally but physically, cause presenteeism and this tendency is described as a big problem in terms of the work-life balance for the organizations. Organizations, by taking control of work-life balance, contribute to not only employees’ health and performance but also organizational productivity and efficiency in general terms. For the purpose of the study, relationship between presenteeism and work-life balance is analyzed and impact of presenteeism is stated. The data have been collected from Aksaray province by using the survey technique and the data are analyzed via SPSS

Keywords

Work-Life Balance, Presenteeism Tendency, Productivity

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