Attendance Behavior Research Articles

Orthopaedic patients' emergency department attendance behavior in relation to weather conditions: temperature, rain, day and time, and regional thursday effect.

Great variation was noticed in emergency department (ED) afflux in relation to daily weather conditions, including difficulties in arranging the correct number of orthopaedic on-calls on the floor. This study aimed to quantify the association between the number of patients referred to the orthopaedic team from the ED and weather conditions, particularly daily temperature and rain. Data were obtained from a large state research hospital's ED attendance. Weather information for the local area for the year was obtained from the regional meteorological office. Data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, with one-way analysis of variance for the relationship between the day of the week and patient numbers, the Pearson test for correlations between daily ED patient flow and daily temperature and the Spearman correlation test for correlations between daily patient flow and daily rain status. A positive and meaningful correlation existed between daily patient influx and daily temperature, along with a negative correlation between daily patient flow and daily rain. Throughout the year, significantly more patients were referred to the orthopaedic team on Thursdays than on any other day of the week. Patients tended to visit the ED more on warm days and days without rain. These results may help in organising daily, monthly or seasonal on-call orthopaedic team requirements despite the challenges. Incorporating climate forecasts into planning the on-call service might help alleviate the stress on the team.

The Day-Level Association Between Child Care Attendance and 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Preschool-Aged Children.

Twenty-four hour movement behaviors (ie,physical activity [PA], screen time [ST], and sleep) are associated with children's health outcomes. Identifying day-level contextual factors, such as child care, that positively influence children's movement behaviors may help identify potential intervention targets, like improving access to child care programs. This study aimed to examine the between- and within-person effects of child care on preschoolers' 24-hour movement behaviors. Children (N = 74, 4.7 [0.9]y, 48.9% girls, 63.3% White) wore an Axivity AX3 accelerometer on their nondominant wrist 24hours per day for 14days to measure PA and sleep. Parents completed surveys each night about their child's ST and child care attendance that day. Linear mixed effects models predicted day-level 24-hour movement behaviors from hours spent in child care. Children spent an average of 5.0 (2.9)hours per day in child care. For every additional hour of child care above their average, children had 0.3hours (95%CI,-0.3 to -0.2) less ST that day. Between-person effects showed that compared with children who attended fewer overall hours of child care, children who attended more hours had less overall ST (B = -0.2h; 95% CI, -0.4 to 0.0). Child care was not significantly associated with PA or sleep. Child care attendance was not associated with 24-hour PA or sleep; however, it was associated with less ST. More research utilizing objective measures of ST and more robust measures of daily schedules or structure is necessary to better understand how existing infrastructure may influence preschool-aged children's 24-hour movement behaviors. In addition, future research should consider how access to child care may influence child care attendance.

Psychological ownership to enhance public green space loyalty

Urban nature is increasingly acknowledged as being one of the suppliers of citizen health and well-being. However, currently, many publicly accessible green spaces (GS) remain underused. The present study (N = 232) examines the impact psychological ownership (PO) can have on GS attendance intention and attendance behavior (GS loyalty) while controlling for place attachment (PA). Contrary to previous research, PA showed no significant impact on GS loyalty, but an increase in PO was significantly and positively related to both intentional and behavioral loyalty. If PA is one of the most studied attitudinal factors in place loyalty research, results suggest that people's sense of PO has a potentially more interesting role to play when trying to enhance GS attendance, although PA should probably not be overlooked to move an individual from intention to action.

Classroom recordings: Utilization and influence on course performance.

Providing video recordings of lecture material may enhance student flexibility, but does it alter attendance or influence their grade? This project assessed the extent and purpose of video usage by students and evaluated their impact on course performance within first-year basic science courses in a chiropractic curriculum. All first-year students enrolled at a chiropractic college based in the United States were invited to complete a retrospective survey regarding video usage, attendance, and study behaviors for basic science courses they were enrolled during the previous term. Grades were third-party obtained for each consenting student. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and independent t tests for each course. Effect size using Cohen's d was calculated for all statistically significant courses (p < .05). Overall, 260 students completed the questionnaire assessing 18 courses in total. The perceived helpfulness of video recordings was associated with heavier usage, primarily to study for exams. Shorter summary videos were preferred by 78% of students over full lecture recordings. Use of videos to replace lectures increased from 21.9% to 53.2% in first through third trimester, respectively. Video use in Neuroanatomy I, Neuroanatomy II, Gross Anatomy II, Organ Histology, and Endocrinology were associated with lower exam scores and overall grades (p < .05), yielding moderate to large effect sizes. Videos were used < 1 hour per week, primarily to study for exams. When used as a study tool, video use decreased course performance. Rewatching videos to prepare for exams may be mistaken for mastery of material.

How internet healthcare information overflow affects farmers' healthcare consumption: insights from China.

In the context of the deep coupling and synergistic development of digital villages and healthy villages, the development of China's rural society harbors a huge potential for medical and healthcare consumption. On the basis of theoretical research, a framework was constructed to analyze the influence mechanism of farmers' medical and healthcare consumption in the context of Internet medical information overflow, and empirically examines the research and analysis framework by using the 2020 China Household Tracking Survey data with the OLS model, mediation effect model, and instrumental variable method. It is found that Internet medical information spillover has a "crowding-in effect" on farmers' healthcare consumption; Medical attendance behavior, economic capital utilize the intermediary effect between Internet medical information spillover and farmers' healthcare consumption. And there is age group heterogeneity in the effect of Internet medical information spillover on farmers' healthcare consumption, The ability of rural middle-aged and old-aged groups to recognize new things such as Internet medical information needs to be improved, so the overflow of Internet medical information will induce rural middle-aged and old-aged groups to generate a certain amount of medical and health care consumption. However, the impact on healthcare consumption is not sensitive to the youth cohort group. The sinking of Internet medical resources should be accelerated in the future to promote the high-quality development of rural medical and health services, at the same time the "Internet + healthcare services" should be optimized to promote scientific and rational stratification of farmers' access to healthcare, and economic capital for farmers' access to health care should be improved in order to alleviate the burden of health care, etc.

COVID-19 and Church Attendance Behavior Trends: Evidence from Ghanaian Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches

COVID-19 and Church Attendance Behavior Trends: Evidence from Ghanaian Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches

Anterior cingulate cross-hemispheric inhibition via the claustrum resolves painful sensory conflict

The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) responds to noxious and innocuous sensory inputs, and integrates them to coordinate appropriate behavioral reactions. However, the role of the projections of ACC neurons to subcortical areas and their influence on sensory processing are not fully investigated. Here, we identified that ACC neurons projecting to the contralateral claustrum (ACC→contraCLA) preferentially respond to contralateral mechanical sensory stimulation. These sensory responses were enhanced during attending behavior. Optogenetic activation of ACC→contraCLA neurons silenced pyramidal neurons in the contralateral ACC by recruiting local circuit fast-spiking interneuron activation via an excitatory relay in the CLA. This circuit activation suppressed withdrawal behavior to mechanical stimuli ipsilateral to the ACC→contraCLA neurons. Chemogenetic silencing showed that the cross-hemispheric circuit has an important role in the suppression of contralateral nociceptive behavior during sensory-driven attending behavior. Our findings identify a cross-hemispheric cortical-subcortical-cortical arc allowing the brain to give attentional priority to competing innocuous and noxious inputs.

Analysis of the Advancement and Practice of Smart Education Models on Adolescent Physical and Mental Health Education

Abstract This paper utilizes a correlation-based smart prediction model to construct a smart teaching model for mental health. In the ABaisSvd model, the GD algorithm is used to iteratively update the matrix and optimize it by minimizing the error between the reconstructed achievement matrix and the original achievement matrix. The potential impact of attendance behavior and bias factors on grade prediction was also considered, and the prediction function was implemented and optimized after analyzing the correlation between student grades, attendance behavior, and bias factors through dimensionality reduction. According to the analysis of smart psychological teaching practices, 8.1% and 0.65% of students at University X experienced moderate and severe psychological problems, respectively. The smart classroom achieved a score of more than 87 points for the dimensions of appropriate use of educational techniques and obvious educational effects. The level of smart classroom and mental health in Group I was significantly higher than before the experimental intervention. There was no significant change in Group II before and after the intervention. Still, the level of mental health after the intervention (1.75) was also slightly higher than that before the intervention (1.74), and more than half of the students got a sense of theoretical, practical, and emotional gain in wisdom teaching. To sum up, the wisdom education model in this paper has the potential to significantly improve the mental health of college students.

EMOTIONAL SOUNDTRACK: INFLUENCE OF MUSIC COMPOSERS ON AUDIENCE EMOTION

Music has the unrivalled ability to elicit emotions and change human experiences. This study explores the complex interaction between music composition, attendance behaviour, and mood during musical events. Music’s significant effect on human emotions has been the focus of much study and intrigue. Music composers use the emotional power of music to elicit profound reactions from their audiences. In the context of soundtracks, this study explores the complex link between music creators and listeners’ emotions. This study investigates the methods, plans, and underlying psychological processes that composers use to affect the emotional states of their audience by carefully examining previous research and studies on music, emotion, and soundtracks. The study’s methodology is based on an extensive literature assessment, empirical investigations, and theoretical frameworks exploring the mutual relationship between music and emotion. It examines how different musical components, including instrumentation, rhythm, melody, and harmony, can influence listeners’ emotions over time. Furthermore, the study explores how the musical element interacts with contextual factors in cinematic narratives and visual cues to enhance emotional engagement. The study’s findings demonstrate how emotions and music interact with soundtracks. Composers utilize various strategies to alter and shape the listener’s emotions to fit music to the intended emotional arc of the lyrics, pitch, storyline, and melodies. This study synthesizes the plethora of data and ideas from studies on music, emotion, and soundtrack to further the understanding of the complicated relationship between music and emotion. It also highlights the artistic and mental prowess of composers who employ music as a powerful instrument to evoke intense emotional reactions in their listeners. By shedding further light on the impact composers have on the emotional landscape of music and the cinematic experience, this study contributes to the ongoing discussion regarding the art and science of music composition and how it impacts audience emotion.

Oral Health Behaviour and its Influence on Oral Health Status and Related Quality of Life among Dental Outpatients - A Cross-Sectional Study.

This study aimed to predict oral health behaviour (OHB) using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and determine its influence on oral health status and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among subjects attending the outpatient department of a tertiary dental hospital in India. A pre-validated questionnaire was used among 240 randomly selected study subjects to record their demographic details, attitudes (Att), subjective norms (SN) and perceived behaviour control (PBC) with regard to dietary habits (DH), oral hygiene habits (OH) and dental attendance (DA) behaviours. OHRQoL and oral health status of study participants were recorded using Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) and World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Health Assessment Form (2013), respectively. Multivariate analysis was performed after the necessary bivariate comparisons. Among demographic characteristics, the Socioeconomic status (SES) of the study subjects highly influenced their DH and OH (P < 0.05). DA was largely affected by the age of the study subjects (P < 0.05). While attitude of the study participants greatly affected their DH, PBC largely influenced their OH and DA behaviours (P < 0.05). The OHRQoL and Decayed Missing Filled Teeth (DMFT) levels were strongly influenced by the participants' DA behaviours (P < 0.05). DMFT scores and OHRQoL were highly influenced by DA behaviour besides others. DA instead was influenced by PBC. Hence, there needs to be a conscious shift towards strengthening the skills of the population to promote oral health.

Effectiveness of mHealth interventions for improving health attendance: an umbrella review protocol.

The objective of this umbrella review is to assess the effectiveness of mobile health (mHealth) interventions for improving health care attendance. Health attendance is a critical part of health service delivery and is considered a behavior influenced by personal characteristics, service availability, nature of the treatment and consultation, and social determinants. Various interventions are available to foster good health attendance behavior, and mHealth interventions are one of the common go-to solutions; however, there is ambiguity regarding their effectiveness. Systematic reviews, with or without meta-analysis, that specifically examine the impact of mHealth interventions on health care attendance will be considered. The review will not be restricted to any particular disease, health problem, stream, or system of care, nor will it be limited by population characteristics (eg, age, gender, socio-economic status) or context (setting can be at any level of care). The JBI methodology for umbrella reviews will be followed, and MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane Central, and JBI Evidence Synthesis will be searched for sources of evidence. Unpublished and gray literature sources, such as ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, OAIster, and Google Scholar, will also be searched. The review will be limited to English-language articles published from the inception of the databases to the present. Two independent reviewers will perform title, abstract, and full-text screening, while a customized data extraction form will be used for data extraction. The JBI critical appraisal checklist for systematic reviews and research syntheses will be applied. Certainty of evidence for health attendance outcomes will be assessed following GRADE approach. PROSPERO CRD42023405677.

Prospective analysis of the attendance behaviour of the participants of a facilitated support group for patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

PurposeSupport groups might help survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantations (HCT) to cope with medical, psychological, and social challenges. The aim of this project was (1) to establish a facilitated post-HCT support group and (2) to assess the participation behaviour.MethodsFrom 11/2013 until 7/2017, all adult patients who had received a HCT at our centre were invited to participate in a professionally facilitated support group. The format of the group was unstructured without any rules regarding regular attendance. The attendance was prospectively minuted by the facilitator. Reasons for non-attendance were assessed by a survey.ResultsDuring the observation period, 53 group meetings were scheduled. Nine meetings were cancelled because of low attendance. Altogether 23 different patients (F: n=10; M: n=13) and 10 spouses (F: n=9; M: n=1) participated. Median participation was 5 [range 2–11]. With respect to all HCT patients who had the theoretical opportunity to attend, the mean participation rate was 7%. Thirteen patients and four spouses attended more than one meeting. The median count of participations among those participants was 8 [2-32]. The median interval from the first until the last participation was 16 months. The main reason reported for non-participation was the effort to get to the venue of the support group.ConclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first analysis on the attendance behaviour of the participants of a support group for HCT survivors. The results provide guidance for the organization of future support groups and indicate what participation rates can be expected and how they might be increased.

Exploring the interplay between attitudinal and behavioural determinants of fitness centre member retention

ABSTRACT Purpose: This research explores and evaluates both attitudinal and behavioural determinants of fitness centre member retention. In considering retention predictors prominent in past work, service quality, value and satisfaction are modelled, while we add multi-dimensional measures for loyalty, which are less prominent in research to date. Methodology: Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to explore relationships between survey-based measurements from 661 members of a single fitness centre, with behavioural loyalty and retention collected over a 56-week period. Findings: Results demonstrate behavioural intention (i.e. intention to renew membership) and, critically, behavioural loyalty (i.e. observed fitness centre attendance and consistency) as most useful in explaining variance in member retention. Practical implication: Practically, insights guide the collection and use of member data towards the most relevant predictors of member retention. Research contribution: Our research enhances theory relevant to retention behaviours in subscription settings, supporting the utility of behavioural loyalty and behavioural intention as direct determinants of fitness centre member retention. Value: The present research combines commonly used attitudinal measures with a more novel analysis of member attendance behaviours.

A Tailored mHealth Intervention for Improving Antenatal Care Seeking and Health Behavioral Determinants During Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: Development and Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

South Africa, a middle-income country, has an adolescent fertility rate far higher than that of high-income countries. Adolescent girls and young women have an increased risk of pregnancy-related complications and lower antenatal appointment attendance rates than older adult pregnant women. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions to improve health behaviors among pregnant adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries are scarce. This paper describes the development and components of an mHealth intervention to improve antenatal appointment attendance and health behavioral determinants among pregnant adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and details the protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial that evaluated the intervention's efficacy and user acceptability. The intervention, Teen MomConnect, sent tailored motivational behavior change and behavioral reinforcement SMS text messages to participants about antenatal appointment keeping and pregnancy behaviors. The delivery methodology of the intervention was adapted from MomConnect, an mHealth education program for pregnant women in South Africa that has nationwide coverage. In addition, participants received a face-to-face motivational interviewing session delivered by a trained research assistant. Pregnant adolescent girls and young women aged 13 to 20 years were recruited from health facilities and community networks. Participants were randomized into the control group that received the standard MomConnect health SMS text messages or the experimental group that received the Teen MomConnect intervention. Participants completed a baseline questionnaire upon enrollment in the study and a follow-up questionnaire after the end of their pregnancy. The questionnaires assessed demographic characteristics, pregnancy behaviors, and the psychosocial determinants of antenatal appointment attendance (knowledge, attitudes, social support, risk perceptions, self-efficacy, intention, and action planning). Feasibility was assessed using descriptive analyses of acceptability, study implementation processes, and perceived satisfaction with the intervention. The number of appointments attended was obtained from the participants' clinic records. Appointment attendance was compared between the control and experimental groups, as were awareness of HIV status and the psychosocial determinants of antenatal appointment attendance. Participant recruitment was conducted from May 2018 to December 2018, and the questionnaire-based data collection was completed by December 2019. Overall, 412 participants were enrolled. This paper describes the Teen MomConnect intervention to improve antenatal appointment attendance and pregnancy health behaviors among adolescent girls and young women. The results on the intervention's preliminary efficacy and user acceptability will inform policy makers and health program officers on how tailored, age-appropriate, and motivational health behavior messages can be delivered via mobile phone to pregnant adolescent girls and young women. Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR) PACTR201912734889796; https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=9565. DERR1-10.2196/43654.

Student’s Choice: In-Person, Online, or on Demand? A Comparison of Instructional Modality Preference and Effectiveness

The recent increase in online instruction caused by the 2020 pandemic has reignited the debate over the efficacy of online instruction compared to in-person instruction. This study explored the impact various modes of instruction had on student achievement and compared students’ stated modality preference with their actual attendance behavior. Results show that while most students preferred in-person instruction (74%), only 47% of those who indicated they preferred in-person instruction attended class only in-person. Many attended classes utilizing a modality other than in-person, and several students switched their preferred modality away from in-person instruction. In general, students who attended class using a mixed modality or in-person achieved slightly better results than those attending class live online. However, the only statistically significant difference was between those participating predominantly in person and those watching class recordings (88% compared to 84% on average). Overall, many students achieved high grades regardless of their chosen instructional modality. In addition, students reported appreciating the option of multiple modalities when they could not attend class in their preferred modality. These results suggest offering a choice of modalities benefited many students.

Pengaruh Elektronik Absensi dan Perilaku Cyberloafing Terhadap Produktrivitas Karyawan Studi Empiris Pada PT.Pertamina Kantor Cabang Sukabumi

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of electronic attendance and cyberloafing behavior on employee productivity. The method to be used in this research is to use quantitative research methods with descriptive and associative approaches. Data collection tehniques that will be used by researchers include observation, interviews, questionnaires, and literature studies. The sample of respondents who will be used by the researcher is 32 respondents from the employees of PT.Pertamina, Sukabumi Branch Office. The data analysis technique and is assisted by using the Statistical Product and Service Solution, SPSS. Software. In this study it can be seen that partially, the electronic variables of absenteeism (X1) and cyberloafing behavior (X2) each have a significant effect on employee productivity (Y). simultaneously, electronic attendance (X1) and cyberloafing behavior (X2) have a significant effect on employee productivity (Y). the coefficient value of R2 by looking at the R square value of 0,792 or 80,5%.&#x0D; Keywords: employee productivity; electronic attendance; cyberloafing behavior

Attendance analysis in a phase 3 cardiovascular rehabilitation program: can behaviour regulation in exercise predict long-term attendance?

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background After a phase II cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) program, cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients ideally continue to a phase III long-term CR program. Enrolment, attendance rates and barriers are well established for phase II or short-term CR programs (≤ 12 weeks). However, keeping CVD patients motivated and with high attendance rates (≥ 80%) in a long-term CR program (over 6 months) is more challenging. Self-Determination Theory states that more internalized types of behaviour regulation lead to feelings of self-determination and a higher behavioural adherence. Therefore, more studies analysing attendance rates and behaviour regulation of CVD patients in long-term CR programs are needed. Purpose To compare the attendance of CVD patients enrolled in a long-term CR community-based program between 3, 6 and 12 months and to assess if behavioural regulation in exercise questionnaire (BREQ-2) can predict long term attendance. Methods Patients with CVD attending for, at least, 6 months a phase III community-based CR program were selected. Enrolled patients chose to attend 60 minutes exercise CR sessions either 3 or 2 times/week. Attendance rates were calculated at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months of program completion dividing the number of sessions attended by the number of sessions planned. When admitted to the program, each patient was asked to answer BREQ-2 (19 items, 5-point lickert-type scale, 5 groups: amotivated, external, introjected, identified and intrinsic). One way ANOVA for repeated measures, paired sample t test and pearson correlations were used. Results One hundred and eighteen CVD patients (61 ± 9 years; 78.8% male; 85% with coronary artery disease) completed at least 6 months of CR exercise sessions. Attendance rates decreased significantly from 3 months to 6 months (73.38 ± 18.09% vs 68.14 ± 17.15%, p-value&amp;lt;0.001) with higher scores in intrinsic motivation being correlated with higher rates of attendance (r= 0.330; p&amp;lt;0.001) and higher scores in external motivation being correlated with lower rates of attendance (r= -0.182; p=0.048) at 6 months. Amotivated, introjected and identified motivation showed no significant correlation. A sub analysis with 92 CVD patients (62 ± 9 years, 78.3% male, 87% with coronary artery disease) that completed 12 months of CR exercise sessions was made and a significant decrease in attendance was found between 3, 6 and 12 months (75.5 ± 17.05%, 70.7 ± 15.93% and 66.8 ± 18.34%; p-value&amp;lt;0.001). Conclusion Our results show that attendance rates to exercise CR sessions tend to decrease over the first year of the CR program and that external motivation at baseline is correlated with lower rates of attendance contrary to intrinsic motivation. These findings suggest that BREQ-2 questionnaire might be a good predictor of long-term attendance and help identify CVD patients that could benefit from additional motivational strategies to keep higher attendance rates.

Staying and Returning dynamics of young children's attention.

In this paper, we decompose selective sustained attending behavior into components of continuous attention maintenance and attentional transitions and study how each of these components develops in young children. Our results in two experiments suggest that changes in children's ability to return attention to a target locus after distraction ("Returning") play a crucial role in the development of selective sustained attention between the ages of 3.5-6 years, perhaps to a greater extent than changes in the ability to continuously maintain attention on the target ("Staying"). We further distinguish Returning from the behavior of transitioning attention away from task (i.e., becoming distracted) and investigate the relative contributions of bottom-up and top-down factors on these different types of attentional transitions. Overall, these results (a) suggest the importance of understanding the cognitive process of transitioning attention for understanding selective sustained attention and its development, (b) provide an empirical paradigm within which to study this process, and (c) begin to characterize basic features of this process, namely its development and its relative dependence on top-down and bottom-up influences on attention. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Young children exhibited an endogenously ability, Returning, to preferentially transition attention to task-relevant information over task-irrelevant information. Selective sustained attention and its development were decomposed into Returning and Staying, or task-selective attention maintenance, using novel eye-tracking-based measures. Returning improved between the ages of 3.5-6 years, to a greater extent than Staying. Improvements in Returning supported improvements in selective sustained attention between these ages.

Remote Board Meetings and Board Monitoring Effectiveness: Evidence from China

Abstract Using Chinese data, we examine whether synchronous remote board meetings, which facilitate status equalization among directors and alleviate their pressure for conformity, affect board monitoring effectiveness. We find that compared to face-to-face meetings, synchronous remote meetings are associated with directors’ better meeting attendance behavior, a higher likelihood of director dissent on monitoring-related proposals, higher forced CEO turnover-performance sensitivity, and more effective investments. These results hold when we use remote meetings that include both synchronous and asynchronous remote meetings. Proposal-director level analysis further shows that remote meetings reduce the pressure to conform faced by young first-term directors and socially connected directors. Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix, which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online.

How modern working environments shape attendance behaviour: A longitudinal study on weekly flexibilization, boundaryless work and presenteeism

AbstractIn the face of technological advancements, flexibilization and boundaryless work have become integral parts of modern occupational settings. Simultaneously, current research indicates a considerable increase in presenteeism—the behaviour of working while sick. Meta‐analytic findings indicate two main drivers for presenteeism: a high work motivation and an impaired state of health and psychological well‐being. Research on flexibilization and boundaryless work shows that these job conditions enhance employees' work motivation but also impair employees' health. Based on conservation of resources theory and Miraglia and John's (J Occupational Health Psychol, 21, 2016, 261) dual‐path model on antecedents of presenteeism, we investigate how both job conditions affect attendance behaviour (absenteeism and presenteeism) via motivation and well‐being by conducting a weekly diary study over the course of 9 weeks. In total, 284 people provided data on flexibilization, boundaryless work, flow experience, well‐being, absenteeism and presenteeism (N = 2284 week‐level). Multilevel mediational analyses revealed that flexibilization prevents presenteeism, whereas boundaryless work can increase presenteeism. The results further revealed support for the health impairment path at the within‐person and between‐person levels whereas the motivational path was not supported at the within‐person level. Our results offer several theoretical and practical implications for how modern work shape attendance behaviour.