Absence at Work (Presenteeism) in Food and Beverage Business
Keywords:
Food and beverage business, Absence at work, Female employeesAbstract
This study aims to determine the absence at work (presenteeism) levels of female employees those working both in the f&b departments of hotels and independently operating food and beverage business and detect the differences in terms of the demographic features. Thus, a total of 399 female employees working in the first-class food and beverage business and for and five star hotels in Eskişehir were surveyed by a questionnaire. Data obtained by the questionnaire survey was analyzed in terms of frequency, percentage, arithmetic means and standard deviations. Moreover, a t-test and variance analysis (Anova) was applied to data to determine if there is a significant difference between the variables. According to the results, there is a significant difference both in the absence at work (presenteeism) levels and demographic variables of female employees working in the food and beverage business. Married, older and less educated females with a higher service duration or with free of/lower management degrees, having a child/children and chronic desease has higher absence at work (presenteeism) levels. Besides, most of the female employees in both work fields were faced with absence at work (presenteeism) and it was found that organisational factors were the major effective ones on the increase of the absence at work (presenteeism) level.
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