Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Psychology

Advisor

Maxwell V. Rainforth

Abstract

This research study was an investigation of the relationship between the five dimensions of personality, organizational climate, and presenteeism - coming to work when ill. Presenteeism has significant, negative impact on employee’s long-term health, the overall organizational performance, and more broadly on national health systems. Researchers have found that in addition to financial impacts of not working while ill, antecedents of presenteeism include both personal, situational (e.g., the severity of the illness), and organizational circumstances. A systematic exploration into all five dimensions of personality and organizational climate has not been conducted to date. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between personality, as measured by the Big Five Inventory, organizational climate, as measured by the Organizational Climate Measure, and presenteeism. A survey was used to gather primary data from employees working in the UK and the Netherlands (N = 88). Logistic regression determined that none of expected dimensions of personality (neuroticism, conscientiousness, and extroversion) were correlated with presenteeism and, of the eight organizational climate measures, only innovation and flexibility was positively correlated with presenteeism, and integration was negatively related. Although the overall regression models failed to demonstrate any predictive relationships between personality, organizational climate, and presenteeism that were anticipated, the study provides new insights for organizational leaders on how certain aspects of organizational climate impacts employee behaviors when ill, facilitating positive social change by ensuring organizational interventions are designed with employee wellbeing in mind.

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