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Presenteeism is a phenomenon that can potentially produce considerable risks for organizations. It had been researched that its negative outcomes are even greater than that of absenteeism. Therefore, the purpose of this cross-sectional study is to identify the potential factors that contribute to presenteeism, including job demand, work engagement, and perceived job insecurity as potential antecedents of presenteeism. Four hundred diplomatic officers were selected via convenient sampling from INTAN campus in Terengganu and Johor. They were given a set of self-report questionnaires containing the factors that were studied. The results of this study confirmed that presenteeism was significantly correlated with job demand (r = .39, p<.05), work engagement (r. =.29, p<.05) and a had negative significant relationship with perceived job insecurity (r = -.07, p<.05). Findings from this study can serve as a baseline for more research to be conducted in efforts to build high impact interventions to minimize presenteeism. Further discussions on findings are reported in the article.
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To Cite this Article: Mokhtar, D. M., Zainal, M. S., & Adnan, M. H. A. (2019). Potential Factors of Presenteeism: Job Demands, Work Engagement & Job Insecurity. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 8(4), 900–911.
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