Presenteeism is one of the cultural norms at work that explain the differences in access to responsibilities between men and women.

It is a very French peculiarity, although you may find it elsewhere and it is important to understand its cultural and psycho-social roots if we are to combat it effectively.

Antoine de Gabrielli, founder of the Happy Men Share More network, links presenteeism to the very special relationship that the French have with their work.

 

How could we define presenteeism exactly?

 

Presenteeism covers all the attitudes and behaviours that lead to people staying at their desks, at their place of work, when their work is finished and when it is not necessary.

It can be excessive time in the evening, it can be arriving very early in the morning; it can often be not taking one's leave, not taking one's birth leave, one's paternity leave for example. So it's all this excessive time, not directly useful for work, that we call presenteeism.

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