Are You Sick? Understanding the Effects of Coworker Presenteeism on Workplace Mistreatment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Taylor, Shannon G.; Butts, Marcus M.; Cole, Michael S.; Pounds, Troy
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; Southern Methodist University; Texas Christian University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/apl0000966
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 1299-1313
• 关键词: presenteeism; mistreatment; incivility; avoidance; Covid-19

摘要

As organizations across the United States resume activities even as the novel coronavirus endures, millions of employees could come into contact with sick coworkers and become exposed to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Unfortunately, little is known about how sick individuals might be treated at work. Because working with a sick coworker may simultaneously evoke concerns about oneself and one's ailing colleague, we propose dual mechanisms of self-concern and coworker-orientation to explain the relationship between coworker presenteeism (i.e., a coworker attends work while ill) and interpersonal mistreatment. Across two studies with employees working face-to-face during the pandemic, our findings showed that coworker presenteeism decreases subsequent workplace mistreatment through coworkerorientation. Moreover, we found that coworker presenteeism increases mistreatment through self-concern when employees experience higher workloads. Implications and future research directions are discussed.