Presenteeism on Employee Productivity in Bayelsa State Tertiary Institutions, Nigeria

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The study examined presenteeism on employee productivity in Bayelsa State tertiary institutions. The central objective of the study is to examine how presenteeism affects employee productivity in Bayelsa State tertiary institutions. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study in tandem with the objectives. The study adopted a survey research method, using qualitative and quantitative approaches that used primary and secondary sources for the collection of data and analysis. Nine hundred and thirty-three (933) respondents from seven Bayelsa State-owned tertiary institutions were used as the sample size. The structured questionnaires were distributed to nine hundred and thirty-three (933) respondents out of which nine hundred and thirty-one (931) copies were retrieved for analysis. The analysis was based on a Questionnaire on development (QOD), using a 4-point Likert scale to analyse the research questions as a descriptive statistical tool, especially frequency and mean. The findings revealed the financial need of the workers to meet certain demands in their families; workers putting in their best to satisfy their bosses thereby going into presenteeism are the contributory factors of presenteeism and low employee productivity in Bayelsa State tertiary institutions. In this light, the study recommended amongst others that presenteeism should be discouraged and discarded in the workplace to create equity, peace, and a sense of belongingness in the life of workers for higher employee productivity in services in the tertiary institutions.

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