Emerging Issues – Page 3 – Work, Stress, and Health

Spillover effects of anti-Asian sentiment on Asian American employees’ well-being during COVID-19

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a sharp increase in anti-Asian discrimination and violence in the United States. The current study examines the effects of personal and vicarious exposure to anti-Asian sentiments on the well-being of Asian American employees, finding that both impacted Asian American employees? physical, mental, and job-related well-being. We further found that coworker support buffered employees against the harm of personal discrimination. Results underscore the need for organizations to consider how their Asian American employees may be uniquely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to take actions to proactively support this employee population.

A Mid-Decade Expansion to the National Occupational Research Agenda 2012-2026: Report from the Healthy Work Design Council Team Leading the 4th Objective on Chronic Conditions

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

We aim to describe our work on the Healthy Work Design and Well-being (HWD) Cross-Sector Council of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to identify current gaps in the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) pertaining to chronic conditions in the workplace and describe action plans to address these gaps. We focus on five primary areas for expansion. We propose short-term, mid-term and long-term outputs to carry out the expansion process. This works is a timely Mid-Decade Expansion to the National Occupational Research Agenda 2012-2026.

Employment Precarity and Behavioral Health in a Rural Community: Data from the Boone County Work, Mental Health, and Substance Use Study

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The proposed presentation will focus on results from a telephone survey of currently or recently employed adult residents of a rural county in Illinois. The survey covers in-depth employment characteristics, which allows for classification of relative employment precarity of respondents, and explores respondents’ mental health and substance use. Preliminary findings suggest that employment precarity is associated with poor mental health in this sample and may be associated with increased alcohol consumption and use of non-prescription pain killers.

Employees’ performance, emotional exhaustion, work organizations conditions, and HRM practices during the COVID-19: a moderated mediation analysis.

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

This research aims at investigating the mediating effect that emotional exhaustion has on the relationship between, work organization conditions, human resource management (HRM) practices, and job performance during the COVID-19. It also aims at analyzing the moderating effect of organizational communication in the relationship between work organization conditions, HRM practices, emotional exhaustion, and job performance.

The influence of stress appraisals on hospitality worker’s intentions to return to their organization during COVID-19

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on the hospitality industry. Our study investigated how furloughed and laid-off hospitality workers? stress appraisals (challenge, hindrance, and threat) of future workload intensification were related to their desire to return to their organization in the context of COVID-19. Consistent with the challenge and hindrance framework, challenge appraisals of future workload were positively related to hospitality workers? intention to return to their organization, whereas hindrance appraisals were negatively related to their intention to return to their organization, but the relationship between threat appraisal and their intention to return to their organization was not significant. Our findings suggest that organizations in the hospitality industry should provide employees with the necessary resources to foster challenge appraisals of their workload as organizations start to bring back their employees in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trait Resilience as a Critical Factor in Responding to the COVID Pandemic

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

This retrospective, multinational survey study draws upon the Personal Resource Allocation (PRA) framework to explore how trait resilience determines the impact of COVID-19 on (1) various work and non-work indicators (e.g., quality of work, eating habits) and (2) wellbeing and work engagement during the early stages of lockdown (June 2020). Demographic factors related to the pandemic (pay cuts, remote work experience and training, essential worker status) were included as control variables. Results indicated resilience was the most consistent and strongest predictor of all outcomes.

Chronicling a Burnout Plague: Before & Beyond the Pandemic

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The purpose of this poster is to provide access to the most extensive and comprehensive bibliographic record and chronicle of all things ever written and researched on burnout, before, during, and beyond the pandemic. To date, a comprehensive bibliographic catalogue totalling upwards of 81,786 unique burnout references from 1957 to the present has been compiled. A total of 41 active databases from 10 active providers and 15 previous bibliographies were used in the development of this bibliography. This bibliography serves as an invaluable resource for global researchers, students, and practitioners interested in examining the general topic of burnout, burnout meta-analyses, the more specific discussions of burnout experienced across selected occupations, or changing trends within the field, for example the burnout experience before and after the COVID pandemic. This bibliography will soon be available to anyone as an Open Educational Resource via a series of pressbooks.

Worry about COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The purpose of this research was to examine hospitality employees? worries about guest vaccination status, and its impact on mental health. Participants of a short survey included 219 laid-off or furloughed hospitality workers from Prolific.com. This study found that hospitality employees? worry about COVID-19 exposure partially mediated the relationship between worry about guest vaccination status and mental health. Employees who were more concerned about guest vaccination had worsened mental health, and some of this effect was explained by worry about COVID-19 exposure.

COVID-19 in corrections and workforce engagement in current and future outbreaks

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

In spite of mitigation efforts taking place to contain COVID-19 in 2020, confirmed cases still soared within one correctional facility in a northeast state. To examine facility pandemic-related responses, qualitative data was gathered via focus groups of facility staff. Focus group themes were: staff and inmate compliance with safety protocols, communication of policies or procedures, the role of facility administrators in responding to the pandemic, and a work culture of presenteeism. We identified several areas for improvement of facility policy and protocols to protect workers and inmates from the transmission of COVID-19 and similar communicable illnesses.