Özet:

There has caused a significant increase in the perception of job insecurity in the labor market, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasing precarization, self-employment or working from home practices has become the new normal with the catalyst effect of the pandemic. In this period, when employers are experiencing financial difficulties, especially under pandemic conditions, the behavior of presenteeism (so-called presence at work) has become widespread in workplaces due to the increased possibility of economic and employment losses for employees. This research aims to test the relationship between participants' fears of COVID-19 and presenteeism behavior and the mediating role of job insecurity in this assumed relationship. For this purpose, the questionnaire containing the research scales and research questions prepared by the authors using the quantitative research method was delivered electronically to the participants working in the private sector. Research analyzes were carried out with 471 data collected using the convenience sampling method. According to the research findings, the fear of COVID-19 directly and indirectly affects the behavior of presenteeism. Despite the predictive relationships between the variables, it was seen that qualitative job insecurity did not have any statistical interaction with COVID-19 and presenteeism behavior.

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