Work and Non-Work Sickness Presenteeism: The Role of Workplace COVID-19 Climate.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the role of workplace coronavirus disease (COVID-19) climate in shaping employee attitudes toward the CDC prevention guidelines and subsequent levels of work and non-work sickness presenteeism.

Methods

Three waves of anonymous survey data were collected in October and December 2020 and February 2021. Participants were 304 employed adults in the U.S., of whom half were working onsite.

Results

Time 1 workplace COVID-19 climate was positively associated with Time 2 employee attitudes toward the CDC prevention guidelines, which in turn predicted Time 3 levels of non-work and work sickness presenteeism.

Conclusions

The workplace can shape employee attitudes toward the CDC COVID-19 prevention guidelines and their work and non-work sickness presentee

SUBMITTER: Probst TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327763 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature