DIACHRONIC STUDY OF THE VARIABILITY AND SICKNESS ABSENTEEISM AND PRESENTEEISM FACTORS : THE CASE OF THE PRODUCTION UNIT OF LUXURY SECTOR COMPANY’S

Résumé

research on sickness absenteeism extended recently in the understanding of presenteeism and presenteeism and absenteeism relations. The object of the
study is to test 8 hypotheses relating to these two
phenomena. The methodology is mixed, qualitative
and quantitative. The data of sick leave of a population of 278 employees of production of 2 factories
are studied over a period of 6 years. 103 interviews
with “absent” employees and “presents” were led.
Our results tend to show that the absenteeism is
more connected to the organizational context than to
the employment or personal factors. The historic
level of absenteeism, more than the variations,
explains the absenteeism. Besides concerning the
presenteeism, in a general context of increase of the
absenteeism, both phenomena coexist. The reactive
practices against the absenteeism implemented by
companies can explain the presenteeism