The Impact of Presenteeism on Employee Productivity: A Literature Review

This paper attempts to provide an understanding of presenteeism phenomena which is considered as an essential issue that has significant consequences for organizations causing an increase in the cost and productivity loss. Presenteeism is difficult to measure because it has an indirect cost and limited instruments. This research aims to determine the impact of presenteeism on employee productivity. Through surfing the literature, this paper is pursuing how employees’ socio-demographics might affect productivity. The study categorized the most important related elements that might be investigated further, most importantly gender and cultural factors.