As part of their public health policies, most countries have launched mobile tracing applications (apps) to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus and reassure their citizens. To the best of our knowledge, no study has explored the importance of ‘well-being’ and ‘trust in the future’ in the context of digital contact-tracing apps. This is an important gap, especially given the importance of citizens' acceptance of a mobile tracing app and its role in reassuring citizens. Therefore, we study the French government's tracing app—StopCovid—as experienced by a sample of 832 participants from France. The results establish strong links between perceived value and trust in government, well-being, and trust in the future, which are considered the key features of the reassurance effect in a pandemic context. In addition, a multigroup analysis (MGA) allows us to compare the effect of several moderators on the overall model, such as the users versus nonusers of tracking apps or infected versus noninfected with COVID-19. The study provides practical implications by highlighting how governments should deploy mobile tracing apps to contribute to public health and reassure their citizens during the pandemic.
Cette recherche s’intéresse aux effets de la mindfulness (ou pleine conscience) sur l’empowerment psychologique des managers au travail. L’étude porte sur une expérience de 8 mois, conduite auprès de 13 managers et 35 collaborateurs, dans deux entreprises. Elle montre comment une pratique personnelle visant la libération de l’esprit (la mindfulness) affecte l’empowerment psychologique, concept qui dans le cadre d’une organisation, vise à améliorer la performance des salariés dans l’entreprise. Nous suggérons que ce lien entre mindfulness et empowerment psychologique pourrait renforcer la capacité à agir des managers et être vecteur d’une plus grande conscience critique sur le lieu de travail. Cette recherche fait donc émerger un empowerment « conscient » et en propose une définition. A la lumière de ces résultats, l’étude propose des recommandations liées à la mise en œuvre de la mindfulness en entreprise et en présente les limites.
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