Black & blue yet at work: Physical job stressors and sickness presenteeism with moderation of organizational justice

Pireh Sikandar
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Cutthroat competition between the organizations has created tremendous job demands for employees which has led to increased implications for occupational health. This study investigated the impact of physical job stressors i.e. workplace ergonomics, working conditions and physical demands on sickness presenteeism along with the moderation of organizational justice (OJ). All three dimensions of OJ namely distributive justice (DJ), procedural justice (PJ) and interactional justice (IJ) were used as moderators. Current paper follows positivism approach and therefore, responses were collected on a structure questionnaire following quantitative technique. The respondents belonged to banking industry of Karachi. Structural equation modeling on smart PLS was used for analysis following a two-step approach. Findings indicate that physical job stressors i.e. workplace ergonomics, physical demands and working conditions statistically impact sickness presenteeism. Furthermore, organizational justice alleviated the impact of physical job stressors on sickness presenteeism. This paper lays down implications for organizations as well as future research.

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