Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Dortmund, Germany.
J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Dec;62(12):998-1005. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001992.
Flexible work arrangements such as telework are gaining importance. Although telework is accompanied by advantages for employees such as increased flexibility, current research reveals associations between home-based telework and self-endangering behavior such as sickness presenteeism. As empirical evidence is still scarce, we explore the relationship between home-based telework and sickness presenteeism across Europe.
We perform multilevel analyses including 25,465 individuals who responded to the 6th wave of the European Working Conditions Survey 2015.
Home-based telework is positively related to sickness presenteeism. The results are quite robust across different measures of sickness presenteeism and to several sensitivity analyses.
Although sickness presenteeism can be functional for specific illnesses, organizations should be aware of possible risks related to home-based telework. They should design telework in a way that it reduces triggers for self-endangering behavior.
弹性工作安排,如远程办公,正变得越来越重要。虽然远程办公为员工带来了更大的灵活性等优势,但现有研究表明,基于家庭的远程办公与自我伤害行为(如病假出勤)之间存在关联。由于实证证据仍然有限,我们在欧洲范围内探讨了基于家庭的远程办公与病假出勤之间的关系。
我们进行了多层次分析,其中包括对 2015 年欧洲工作条件调查第 6 波做出回应的 25465 个人。
基于家庭的远程办公与病假出勤呈正相关。结果在不同的病假出勤衡量标准和多项敏感性分析中都非常稳健。
虽然病假出勤对于某些疾病可能是有效的,但组织应该意识到与基于家庭的远程办公相关的潜在风险。他们应该以减少自我伤害行为触发因素的方式设计远程办公。