TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing the concept of leaveism
T2 - From presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of employment?
AU - Richards, James
AU - Ellis, Vaughan
AU - Canduela, Jesus
AU - Pustelnikovaite, Toma
AU - Saxena, Siddartha
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank all the respondents who took time to complete a survey on a matter the vast majority appeared to have negative experiences of. The authors would also like to show appreciation to the reviewers who offered a wide‐range of suggestions leading to important improvements to the finished paper. The research was funded internally by the lead author's institution – Heriot‐Watt University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Human Resource Management Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/4/7
Y1 - 2023/4/7
N2 - The changing nature of employment has led to increased awareness of leaveism, a practice involving employees using allocated time off when unwell, taking work home, and picking up work when on annual leave. However, there are theoretical, methodological, and policy/practice-related weaknesses, apparent in current understandings. The main article aim is to develop, theoretically, the emergent notion of leaveism, drawing on concepts related to work intensification (WI) and ideal worker norms (IWNs), concepts underpinned by reference to information communication technologies (ICTs), then exploring such ideas via an electronic questionnaire (n = 959), aimed at UK-based employees performing leaveism. The main argument is leaveism is more than a lacuna between presenteeism and sickness absence; it is an unsustainable employer-driven social phenomenon sitting at the intersection of WI, IWNs and ICTs. The findings have policy/practice implications for human resource management (HRM) professionals, trade unions and governments. Recommendations for future research including exploring leaveism in an international context, and in a Covid-19 pandemic-defined era.
AB - The changing nature of employment has led to increased awareness of leaveism, a practice involving employees using allocated time off when unwell, taking work home, and picking up work when on annual leave. However, there are theoretical, methodological, and policy/practice-related weaknesses, apparent in current understandings. The main article aim is to develop, theoretically, the emergent notion of leaveism, drawing on concepts related to work intensification (WI) and ideal worker norms (IWNs), concepts underpinned by reference to information communication technologies (ICTs), then exploring such ideas via an electronic questionnaire (n = 959), aimed at UK-based employees performing leaveism. The main argument is leaveism is more than a lacuna between presenteeism and sickness absence; it is an unsustainable employer-driven social phenomenon sitting at the intersection of WI, IWNs and ICTs. The findings have policy/practice implications for human resource management (HRM) professionals, trade unions and governments. Recommendations for future research including exploring leaveism in an international context, and in a Covid-19 pandemic-defined era.
KW - conflict
KW - ideal worker
KW - information communication technologies
KW - job satisfaction
KW - leaveism
KW - sustainable HRM
KW - well-being
KW - work intensification
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130488731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1748-8583.12452
DO - 10.1111/1748-8583.12452
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-5395
VL - 33
SP - 384
EP - 405
JO - Human Resource Management Journal
JF - Human Resource Management Journal
IS - 2
ER -