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CHALLENGES
And this will progressively
reduce your standards and sti-
mulation. The price of tolera-
ting lack of engagement is not
only igh for the organization;
it is also igh for all employees
exposed to other employees'
presenteetstn.
Management
responsibility
Since only management can
actually sanction presenteeism,
it bears a heavy responsibility.
To avoid presenteeism and
rather than measure absen-
teeism, the human-resource
(HR) manager sliould measure
a much more important indica-
for: the level of staff engage-
ment, wlffch is a real factor of
Employee hirnover, absen-
teeism and presenteeism are
only the symptoms of lack of
engagement and motivation.
Even if tliey are interestiiig
indicators, it would be much
more relevant to address the
cause: the level of engagement.
The temptation to point the fin-
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