Recent research from TNO Work and Employment [1] has investigated whether ‘presenteeism’ is caused by job demands and whether it increases stress and burnout, resulting eventually in increased sickness absence. Presenteeism refers to the situation where a worker goes to work but actually feels sick
Since 2003, TNO Work and Employment has been carrying out the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey [1] (/Nationale Enquête Arbeidsomstandigheden/ , NEA) every second year (Van den Bossche and Smulders, 2004). In 2003, nearly 24,000 employees were invited to participate, and almost 10,000 did