At Work in a Pandemic: Black Workers’ Experiences of Safety on the Job

Hammonds, Clare; Kerrissey, Jasmine

doi:10.1177/0160449x221121632

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“…One of the problems women face during the pandemic period is stressful and tiring work conditions. Similar to the findings of our study, it has been reported that health workers are stressed and overworked in studies conducted in China and the USA (Hammonds et al, 2020;Wu et al, 2020;Xiao et al, 2020). Unlike this study, it was determined that women's stress and anxiety levels were low in another study on female employees (Tan et al, 2021).…”

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Examining the Health Experiences of Women Working in Flexible Production During the Pandemic Process: A Qualitative Study

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Objective: This study examine the health status of women in the flexible production process during the pandemic period. Material and Method: In this study, the qualitative research method was preferred. Maximum variation, sampling method, was used to determine the study group. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview form with the in-depth interview technique and the interviews lasted for 15-20 minutes. Content analysis was used in the research. The study was carried out with 15 people until data repetition occurred. Results: In the research, the category was determined and the categories are as follows: Changes in women's working life before and after the pandemic, economic problems during remote working, housework during the pandemic, being affected by the care of the elderly and children, the barriers of being a woman in business life during the pandemic and gender equality in business life before and after the pandemic. Conclusion and Recommendations: It has been determined that women pay attention to protection measures during the pandemic period. It was found that women were tired and stressed due to housework and childcare, lost income due to full closure during the pandemic period, exposed to double standards in their workplaces. It is recommended that future research, including men, compare perceptions during the pandemic.

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Examining the Health Experiences of Women Working in Flexible Production During the Pandemic Process: A Qualitative Study

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“…Of particular interest is the Low Impact class, overrepresented by essential workers; although these individuals are less likely to feel increased safety because of their exposure to others in the workplace (Hammonds & Kerrissey, 2020), they may also be less likely to endorse the negative consequences of reduced social interaction. To date, research on essential workers has focused primarily on individuals in the health care industry, emphasizing their risk of negative mental health outcomes (Pappa et al, 2020).…”

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Latent class analysis of COVID-19 experiences, social distancing, and mental health.

Frounfelker¹,

Li²,

Santavicca³

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Information is needed on the relationship between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) social distancing restrictions and their relationship with mental health. In particular, there is limited investigation into how COVID-related adversities have positively mobilized individuals. We use latent class analysis (LCA) to identify subtypes of positive and negative aspects of the experience of COVID-19 social distancing and the association of these subtypes with mental health. We conduct an online survey of COVID-19 and mental health with 3,183 adults residing in Quebec, Canada, during the first wave of the epidemic. We use LCA to identify subtypes of positive and negative aspects of social distancing. We use logistic and linear regression to estimate the associations between class membership and self-reported impact of COVID-19 on mental health and scores on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-10 (HSCL-10). We identify five classes of individuals in regards to perceived positives and negatives of social distancing related to COVID-19, named Low Impact, Freedom/Flexibility, Safety, Family/Home, and Hardships. Sociodemographic variables including age, gender, race/ethnicity, and self-reported mental health prior to COVID are associated with class assignment. Latent classes are associated with both outcomes ( p < .001). Individuals in the Hardships class have greater odds of reporting a significant impact of COVID-19 on mental health, OR = 2.09, 95% CI = [1.53, 2.86], p < .001, and have higher scores on the HSCL-10, β = .32, 95% CI = [.23, .42], p < .001, than those individuals in the Low Impact group after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics. Gender, age, and self-reported mental health prior to COVID-19 are independently associated with both outcomes ( p < .001). We discuss study implications for public health programming and interventions to promote the mental health of at-risk populations during the pandemic. Public Policy Relevance StatementTo date, there has been limited research into how coronavirus disease (COVID)-related

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“…For many frontline workers, previously innocuous contact with the public may now involve fear of contracting and spreading the virus. In addition to the psychological and physical threats posed by virus transmission, frontline workers often take on additional demands to mitigate the risk of transmission at work, including efforts to sanitize the workplace, enforce social distancing and masking policies, and monitor the public for COVID-19 symptoms (Hammonds & Kerrissey, 2020). Further, these contact-related demands are occurring in a highly politicized context, and their enactment may involve emotionally demanding or even violent interactions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020; Pruitt-Young, 2021).…”

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Contact and impact on the frontline: Effects of relational job architecture and perceived safety climate on strain and motivational outcomes during COVID-19.

Robertson¹,

Eby²,

Facteau³

et al. 2023

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the relational nature of work, particularly for frontline workers who provide their labor in person. However, little is known about how relational job characteristics during the pandemic may affect workers or how frontline and nonfrontline workers may respond differently. We integrate theory on relational job architecture with the job demands–resources model to understand the effects of contact and impact during the pandemic. We propose contact as a job demand that increases strain outcomes among frontline workers and impact as a job resource that increases motivational outcomes among all workers. In addition, we propose perceived safety climate as a critical resource for mitigating the negative effects of contact among frontline workers and amplifying the positive effects of impact among all workers. We test hypotheses among 452 full-time workers (209 frontline, 243 nonfrontline) using a two-wave survey design. We find no support for the idea that contact operates as a job demand among frontline workers. In contrast, among nonfrontline workers, contact was associated with higher levels of burnout at lower levels of job impact and perceived safety climate. Impact and perceived safety climate acted as important resources among all workers, predicting both motivational and strain outcomes 4 months later. In addition, the positive effects of impact on prosocial motivation were amplified at higher levels of perceived safety climate among all workers. Our results suggest that impactful work, when conducted in a safe climate, is a key resource for enhancing prosocial motivation during crisis situations.

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At Work in a Pandemic: Black Workers’ Experiences of Safety on the Job

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Examining the Health Experiences of Women Working in Flexible Production During the Pandemic Process: A Qualitative Study

Examining the Health Experiences of Women Working in Flexible Production During the Pandemic Process: A Qualitative Study

Latent class analysis of COVID-19 experiences, social distancing, and mental health.

Contact and impact on the frontline: Effects of relational job architecture and perceived safety climate on strain and motivational outcomes during COVID-19.

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