© aau/Daniel WaschnigThe latest special issue of the renowned European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology was guest-edited by Heiko Breitsohl together with Sascha Ruhle (Tilburg University, NL), Carolin Dietz (Chemnitz University of Technology, DE), Luis Martinez (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT), and Mariella Miraglia (University of Liverpool, UK). It brings together four empirical studies that focus on topics such as leadership, AI, and social capital in the debate on sickness and attendance behavior.
For instance, a study of employees at a large German industrial firm reports that leadership behavior that actively addresses health and adapts working conditions proves to be an independent lever for reducing absenteeism, leading to the recommendation of a dynamic, time-based analysis of absence rather than static snapshots. In another study – among medical staff in China – researchers found that the active crafting of AI use by the employees can prevent illness-related productivity losses, particularly when managers serve as role models. A qualitative study from the United Kingdom offers new insights into decision-making processes regarding illness on workdays, clarifying when, how, and for whom presenteeism can be functional or therapeutic, for example, when symptom severity varies and when working from home. The special issue is rounded out by a study among public sector employees in Denmark that finds evidence that highly skilled workers can use their social capital to reduce their illness-related absences, whereas this is not the case for low-skilled workers.
 
Link to the special issue: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/pewo20/35/2
Der Beitrag Heiko Breitsohl is co-guest-editor of a recently published special issue on attendance behavior in the workplace during illness erschien zuerst auf University of Klagenfurt.