The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to wellbeing for people around the world. Here, we examine which individual and societal factors can predict the extent to which individuals suffer or thrive during the COVID-19 outbreak, with survey data collected from 26,684 participants in 51 countries from 17 April to 15 May 2020. We show that wellbeing is linked to an individual's recent experiences of specific momentary positive and negative emotions, including love, calm, determination, and loneliness. Higher socioeconomic status was associated with better wellbeing. The present study provides a rich map of emotional experiences and wellbeing around the world during the COVID-19 outbreak, and points to calm, connection, and control as central to our wellbeing at this time of collective crisis.
This paper explores the complexity of cross-boundary information sharing in the public sector. In particular, determinants influencing interagency information sharing are investigated and discussed, and a case study of Taiwan e-Government is employed. Four perspectives, including technology, organization, legislation and policy, and environment, are used to conduct this exploratory inquiry. Legislation and policy is found to be the most influential factor among government agencies participating in information-sharing initiatives. Organizational factors are also found to be significant, but less so than legislation and policy. Technological factors are considered relatively more easily addressed when compared with legislation and policy and organizational factors. Finally, situational factors are also found to have respective impacts on interagency information sharing. In addition to factors that are discussed in the current literature, newly identified factors are illustrated to provide insights. Moreover, in order to better conceptualize how identified factors determine agencies’ intentions towards cross-boundary information sharing, theory of planned behaviour is used to form a theoretical discussion by integrating the identified factors of the study. Practical implications are also provided to address how cross-boundary information sharing among government agencies can be better achieved. Lastly, the conclusion outlines the contributions and limitations of this research and suggests future studies related to the current work.
This study compared the perspectives of employed and unemployed individuals with psychiatric disabilities regarding factors influencing employment. Ninety-six employed and 113 unemployed individuals completed questionnaires assessing the importance of several factors in successfully maintaining employment. These factors included psychiatric symptoms; the person's ability, work habits, and attitudes; and environmental factors. Exploratory factor analyses supported a unidimensional structure for each of the four subscales, with high internal consistency estimates across all subscales (coefficient alpha values ranging from 0.84 to 0.95). The results indicated no significant differences between the two groups in mean ratings for the items and subscales. Employed people perceived psychiatric symptoms as being more important than the other three subscales; however, in comparison, unemployed people gave the highest mean rating to environmental factors (e.g., employer's acceptance, absence of stigma, working in a safe environment, and supportive family). Overall, the two groups had moderate agreement on the most important influences on employment. Implications for services are discussed.
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