The relation between presenteeism (the problem of not attending work) and organizational commitment: A study on the academic staff of Adnan Menderes University

With contemporary management mentality, people have become the focus of the management science, and every subject or problem that concern employees have become the basis of the studies carried out in management domain. The importance and value attached to people have become more important than even the most sizeable investments.Presenteeism is the problem of those who have to work in today?s competitive work environment. This problem stems from the fact that employees don?t properly fulfill their duties although they attend the work. This problem is one of the important factors that cause the efficiency of both employees and operations to decrease.Organizational commitment is the attachment of the employees to the organization and their vigorous efforts for the purposes of their organization after they attach themselves to it. The operations which have employees whose organizational commitment are at a high level are much more advantageous than their rivals. From this respective, organizational commitment is very important for operations.The answer of the question ?Is there any relation between presenteeism and organizational commitment?? is tried to be found in this study which aims at studying the relation between presenteeism and organizational commitment. Therefore, to answer this question, a survey was conducted on the 207 academic personnel from various academic units in Adnan Menderes University. Survey results were analyzed with factor, correlation and regression analysis.According to the findings of the survey, no meaningful relation between the problem of Presenteeism of academic stuff in Adnan Menderes University and their levels of organizational commitment was reported.Key Words: Presenteeism, Organizational Commitment, Absenteeism, Not Attending the Work