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This study tested a cross-level moderated mediation model depicting the dynamism of individual resource loss through sickness presenteeism precipitated by long working hours and resource gain from group-level team support and the consequent effect on turnover intention over time. Employing a two-wave survey with 4 months in between, data were obtained from 294 nurses (37 teams) working in 12 hospitals across Taiwan. The hierarchical linear modeling analyses revealed that presenteeism partially mediated the effects of working long hours on later turnover intention. Moreover, group-level team support moderated the presenteeism-turnover linkage. Specifically, the damaging effect of working while ill on heightenedturnover intention was drastically attenuated for those with high team support. Our cross-level moderated mediation model has thus identified team support as a viable resource that can alleviate the damages of working in precarious conditions and help hospitals to retain nurses. We discussed the theoretical and managerial implications of our findings in the context of resource loss and gain, especially when stress and burnout are highly prevalent for the health care professions in the postpandemic era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]