The recent global economic crisis has generated renewed interest in questions regarding the potential impact of such macro-level events on employee well-being and organizational productivity. Drawing on the stress-retentionmodel of absenteeism, this study tests a cross-levelmodel (1-1-2) in which employees’ negative appraisal of economic crisis is associated to work-unit absenteeism through their level of psychological distress. Data were collected after the 2008 global economic crisis in a large Italian company in the field of home furniture that comprises 1160 employees nested in 49 units (facilities or branches). Results from a Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) support the hypothesized model: psychological distress mediates the relationship between appraisal of economic crisis and work-unit absenteeism rate during the subsequent year. These results have implications formanagers and other workers with responsibilities for improving productivity and maintaining employees’ well-being in turbulent times.
Appraisal of the economic crisis, psychological distress, and workplace absenteeism: A 1-1-2 Model / Montani F; Leon-Perez J-M; Giorgi G; Shoss M. - In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1573-353X. - ELETTRONICO. - 35:5(2020), pp. 609-620. [10.1007/s10869-019-09643-w]
Appraisal of the economic crisis, psychological distress, and workplace absenteeism: A 1-1-2 Model
Montani F;
2020
Abstract
The recent global economic crisis has generated renewed interest in questions regarding the potential impact of such macro-level events on employee well-being and organizational productivity. Drawing on the stress-retentionmodel of absenteeism, this study tests a cross-levelmodel (1-1-2) in which employees’ negative appraisal of economic crisis is associated to work-unit absenteeism through their level of psychological distress. Data were collected after the 2008 global economic crisis in a large Italian company in the field of home furniture that comprises 1160 employees nested in 49 units (facilities or branches). Results from a Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) support the hypothesized model: psychological distress mediates the relationship between appraisal of economic crisis and work-unit absenteeism rate during the subsequent year. These results have implications formanagers and other workers with responsibilities for improving productivity and maintaining employees’ well-being in turbulent times.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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