Aftab, Fari and Jones, Melanie  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090
2026.
Dysfunctional presenteeism across UK regions.
Welsh Economic Review
31
, pp. 15-26.
10.18573/wer.277
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Abstract
This study explores regional differences in dysfunctional presenteeism in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Wales’s position relative to other regions. Dysfunctional presenteeism is defined here as health-related impairment in work performance while employees remain in work. Using data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, the study assesses whether dysfunctional presenteeism, measured through indicators of work performance impairment associated with physical limitations, emotional difficulties and pain, varies systematically across regions. The findings show that employees resident in Wales exhibit higher levels of dysfunctional presenteeism than those in most English regions, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and that this disparity is not explained by differences in workforce composition in terms of personal characteristics, employment characteristics or long term physical and mental health.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Business (Including Economics) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
| Publisher: | Cardiff University Press |
| ISSN: | 2397-8716 |
| Funders: | ESRC |
| Projects: | ES/V002740/1 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 20 July 2026 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 10 June 2026 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2026 08:55 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/188336 |
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