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. 2024 Mar 14;14(3):236.
doi: 10.3390/bs14030236.

Performance Pressure and Employee Presenteeism: The Joint Effects of Authoritarian Leadership and Independent Self-Construal

Siyi Zhang  1 , Haijia Wang  1 , Qi He  1
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Performance Pressure and Employee Presenteeism: The Joint Effects of Authoritarian Leadership and Independent Self-Construal

Siyi Zhang et al. Behav Sci (Basel). .

Abstract

Due to the increasing competition in the market and the limited availability of high-quality employment opportunities, an increasing number of employees struggle to maintain a balance between their physical conditions and performance demands, resulting in a more widespread occurrence of "working while ill". However, little is known about the controlled motivation behind the phenomenon under pressure. Drawing on self-determination theory, this study utilized 281 questionnaire data to examine the positive effect of performance pressure on employee presenteeism, and to explore the moderating role of authoritarian leadership and its joint moderation function effect with independent self-construal. The results indicated that performance pressure had a significant positive effect on employee presenteeism. Authoritarian leadership imposed an enhanced moderating effect between performance pressure and employee presenteeism, while independent self-construal diminished the augmentative moderating role played by authoritarian leadership in the relationship between performance pressure and employee presenteeism. This study reveals the controlled motivation of employee presenteeism under performance pressure, taking into account the cultural background and organizational context of China. Moreover, it also offers novel perspectives for effectively managing this phenomenon.

Keywords: authoritarian leadership; independent self-construal; performance pressure; presenteeism; self-determination theory.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Theoretical model.
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The moderating role of authoritarian leadership.
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The moderating role of independent self-construal.
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