Presenteeism refers to attending work while ill. Although it is a subject of intense interest to
scholars in occupational medicine, relatively few organizational scholars are familiar with …

This position paper brings together recent and emerging developments in the field of
presenteeism. A critical synthesis of the evidence is needed due to persisting conceptual …

Background Productivity losses often contribute significantly to the total costs in economic
evaluations adopting a societal perspective. Currently, no consensus exists on the …

Order picking (OP) activities, essential to logistics operations, are laborious and time-
intensive. Humans are central actors in the OP process and determine both OP effectiveness …

In the past it was assumed that work attendance equated to performance. It now appears
that health-related loss of productivity can be traced equally to workers showing up at work …

Introduction Many employers focus on their large and easily measured cost of health care,
yet until recently they have ignored the impact of health on productivity. Studies of some …

The substantial health and financial costs of presenteeism are well-documented.
Paradoxically, presenteeism also has a positive side, which has been largely overlooked …

With 12-month prevalence rates of more than 70%, back pain is currently one of the major
health problems for German adults and entails major economic consequences. The aim of …

Managers usually associate ergonomics with occupational health and safety and related
legislation, not with business performance. In many companies, these decision makers …

Abstract Total Worker Health®(TWH) integrates occupational health and safety with the
promotion of workers' off-duty wellbeing. Wearable sensors (eg, activity trackers and …