An Analysis of the Great Disruption of COVID-19 Pandemic

SocioEconomic Challenges, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(1), P. 219 - 239

Published: April 2, 2024

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 led to a global crisis unprecedented scale and complexity that disrupted almost every aspect human life. has taken people, institutions governments by surprise, so impact virus been profound far-reaching. rapid relentless spread challenged health systems, strained economies, altered daily routines educational settings at work, tested resilience communities worldwide. Different studies have identified vulnerabilities world’s ability respond emergencies individual societal levels. This study presents systematic literature review theoretical analysis disruptions caused help formulate strategies encourage flexibility face such complex interconnected disruptions. article analyzes consequences through prism two main theories: theory situational communications (type crisis, its history, responsibility, perceived seriousness, predictable probability, strategies, post-crisis reputation), as well social learning (learning observation, modeling imitation, positive negative reinforcement formation behavior). In addition, nature society’s adaptation challenges is also considered subversive innovations (progress communication technologies, new methods remote work education, entry networks into business world, introduction asynchronous communication). summarizes scientific progress on following workplace, healthcare system, education. provides recommendations steps individuals, can take increase readiness adapt next (interdisciplinary cooperation, system analysis). conducted made it possible outline most promising directions for further qualitative intervention (in-depth case taking account specific context regions, organizations or identify effective ineffective policies practices; interviews with key stakeholders understand intricacies decision-making crisis); action (building community resilience, collaborative research efforts involving policymakers, experts representatives develop response jointly) quantitative (analysis spread, vaccination disease control, economic effects pandemic, etc.).

Language: Английский

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The impact of leadership on employee well-being: on-site compared to working from home

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: Nov. 23, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the way people work and there are several reasons believe that working from home will become more common in future. Yet knowledge is needed on whether effectiveness of leadership differs if performed remotely compared on-site work.The aim this study examine place as a moderator for employee well-being.A survey was answered by 364 white-collar workers, employed larger Swedish municipality, who because covid-19-pandemic were offered home.The employees their regular office perceived having sufficient equipment. No other differences found investigated variables. Supportive associated with all well-being variables hypothesised directions. Place did not moderate relationship between Support outcomes (Job satisfaction, Stress, General well-being).This shows few or during pandemic. supportive closest manager seem be important regardless worksite.

Language: Английский

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Work fatigue during COVID-19 lockdown teleworking: the role of psychosocial, environmental, and social working conditions

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: May 16, 2023

Background During national lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously office-based workers who transitioned home-based teleworking faced additional demands (e.g., childcare, inadequate homeworking spaces) likely resulting poor work privacy fit. Previous office research suggests fit is associated with lower wellbeing and higher fatigue. Emerging evidence a relationship between childcare duties during pandemic In addition psychosocial working conditions (job demand, job control, change management), which are acknowledged predictors of fatigue, this poses significant threat occupational health teleworking. However, relative effects aspects environment resources), home (including fit), social (childcare) on fatigue as well their interactions under-explored. Objective This study examined relationships psychosocial, environmental, first lockdown Specifically, teleworkers’ physical if how space shared, crowding, noise perceptions) fit, Work was hypothesized mediate Methods An online cross-sectional survey conducted teleworkers ( n = 300) April May 2020; most participants were Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Results Path analysis used examine relationships. Privacy for those reporting greater levels home-working spaces feeling crowded at home. amongst high demand. indirect observed mediating relationship. Conclusion The influence has so far been largely neglected teleworking, especially pandemic. its contribution workers’ should be strategies.

Language: Английский

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Leadership and Employee Well-Being and Work Performance when Working from Home: A Systematic Literature Review

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(1), P. 9 - 9

Published: Sept. 11, 2023

Following the rapid increase of home-based work brought on by Covid-19 pandemic, many daily interactions between managers and employees have been carried out digitally. This literature review aims to compile synthesize previous research regarding importance leaders for employee well-being their performance when is from home. The purpose also relate these findings reviews was performed on-site. Six leadership behaviours are identified as central working leader should 1) communicate promote use technology communication, 2) regularly check, provide feedback steer towards business goals, 3) show trust in give autonomy, 4) support empathy, 5) encourage health, 6) balance need individual with workgroup. There little suggest that exercised home differs a regular on-site workplace. What does seem vary tools used exercise leadership. More high-quality longitudinal needed examines over an extended period, considers how often home, combines different data sources collection methods.

Language: Английский

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Workplace antecedents of quiet quitting behavior: Insights from graduate workers in India

Human Resources Management and Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(4), P. 3450 - 3450

Published: March 12, 2024

Drawing on the theoretical framework of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R), our study aims to consider how workplace antecedents perceived quiet firing (also known as involuntary attrition), co-worker support, and experience (tenure at an organization) may influence quitting behavior. Data were collected via questionnaire responses from 209 workers in India who had graduated university within last 7 years. The findings show that (1) is positively associated with quitting; (2) support negatively (3) moderates positive association between such a way relationship weaker one’s tenure organization increases; (4) does not moderate negative quitting. study’s contributions come understanding interplay demands (i.e., firing) resources experience) determine behaviors workplace. Additionally, temporal dimension facilitates acquisition organizational-specific knowledge resources. In contrast, perceptions appear specific given point time. Policy implications providing guidance organizations reduce by ensuring available employees exceed placed them.

Language: Английский

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Within- and between-person changes in work practice and experiences due to COVID-19: Lessons learned from employees working from home, hybrid working, and working at the office

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Dec. 21, 2022

Introduction In response to the requirement of keeping social distance during COVID-19 outbreak a lot employees needed change from regular office home-office at short notice. The aim present study is explore these employees' experiences and evaluate changes in their work situation pandemic. Method A mixed-method design was used with panel data collected twice an insurance company Norway. first dataset December 2020 (Time 1; N = 558), follow up March 2021 2; 601). Results Our indicated that main reasons for working home were keep distance, avoid contagion protect loved ones. Flexibility, timesaving more time family friends also motivators. Most reported they had necessary technical equipment wanted opportunity use future. General Linear Models (GLM) work-family balance workload same across age, gender, worksites. Women fear being infected by work. Younger experiencing less contact colleagues than normal pandemic, compared older employees. Overall, positive toward digital solutions meetings those office. Repeated measures MANOVA showed motivation competence decreased over all Productivity increased but hybrid work-office Discussion This paper contributes knowledge different worksite solutions, which will be useful anticipating experience future

Language: Английский

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Investigaciones sobre engagement y burnout: una aproximación teórica en tiempos de Covid-19

Telos Revista de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Ciencias Sociales, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(2), P. 370 - 383

Published: May 4, 2022

El engagement y burnout han sido definidos como extremos de un continuo para representar la salud bienestar las personas en el trabajo, ya sea producto este (el trabajo) o otras circunstancias propias vida. Por su parte, se debe reconocer que los tiempos pandemia, afectado considerablemente todos ámbitos vida humana, organizacional no ha escapado a ello. En contexto, esta investigación tiene objetivo realizar una revisión artículos científicos abordan Engagement Burnout, conocer aportaciones realizan investigadores relevante campo organizacional, focalizando análisis vivimos, pandemia por Covd-19. Para alcanzar objetivos trazados, analizó base datos con 315 publicados revistas indexadas Web of Science (WOS) durante período 2020-2022. Siguiendo pautas del modelo argumentativo Toulmin (Rodríguez-Bello, 2004), definió siguiente aserción causal: “El trabajadores COVID-19 ve influenciado gobernanza organizaciones”. Los revisados establecieron evidencia garantía. principales resultados muestran social influye trabajadores, lo repercute sus desempeños ende respectivas organizaciones.

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“Make it possible for more people to work at home!” representations of employee motivation and job satisfaction in Danish and Norwegian newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Sept. 12, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees with task-based jobs were forced to work from home, while others furloughed or laid off. The current study aims investigate how Norwegian and Danish newspapers represent employee motivation job satisfaction of remote workers in light pandemic. used a thematic analysis five Norway Denmark different daily distributions political orientations. findings suggest that two countries represented topic interest perspectives, this led use theories: self-determination theory (SDT) Herzberg's two-factor theory. SDT helps us understand why some feel motivated are more productive working home. need for autonomy, competence, connectedness is being satisfied but not all, which may affect strength employees' motivation. explain physical psychological issues as dissatisfiers, these consequence home-based office. Furthermore, hybrid model seems be an optimal solution future market, where can either home workplace. Finally, it important employers look after both psychosocial conditions if solutions going replace traditional

Language: Английский

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Automated Multimodal Stress Detection in Computer Office Workspace

Electronics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(11), P. 2528 - 2528

Published: June 3, 2023

Nowadays, changes in the conditions and nature of workplace make it imperative to create unobtrusive systems for automatic detection occupational stress, which can be feasibly addressed through adoption Internet Things (IoT) technologies advances data analysis. This paper presents development a multimodal automated stress system an office environment that utilizes measurements derived from individuals’ interactions with computer its peripheral units. In our analysis, behavioral parameters keyboard mouse dynamics are combined physiological recorded by sensors embedded custom-made smart device. To validate system, we designed implemented experimental protocol simulating included most known work stressors. We applied classifiers different labeling methods extracted collected data, resulting high-performance metrics. The feature-level fusion analysis successfully detected accuracy 90.06% F1 score 0.90. decision-level combining features both keyboard, showed average 66% 0.56.

Language: Английский

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Executive and hierarchical models for participatory response to health emergencies in the workplace: Lessons from COVID-19

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. e24930 - e24930

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Workplaces are high-risk environments for epidemic transmission, and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant impacts that health emergencies can have on both healthcare system economy. This study presents executive hierarchical models participatory response to in workplace, with a focus COVID-19.

Language: Английский

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