Examining the Predictors of Resilience and Work Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ojo, Adedapo Oluwaseyi; Fawehinmi, Olawole; Yusliza, Mohd Yusoff

doi:10.3390/su13052902

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“…A study conducted on a sample of Malaysian employees showed that resilience was significantly associated with work engagement. Furthermore, self-efficacy influenced work engagement directly and indirectly through resilience [ 55 ]. A research carried out on a sample of Vietnamese tourism employees highlighted that core beliefs challenge was positively related to workers’ resilience while cognitive reappraisal played a mediating role in this relationship [ 59 ].…”

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Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma

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Giorgi

Lulli

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a traumatic event that has profoundly changed working conditions with detrimental consequences for workers’ health, in particular for the healthcare population directly involved in addressing the emergency. Nevertheless, previous research has demonstrated that traumatic experiences can also lead to positive reactions, stimulating resilience and feelings of growth. The aim of this narrative review is to investigate the positive aspects associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the possible health prevention and promotion strategies by analyzing the available scientific evidence. In particular, we focus on the constructs of resilience, coping strategies and posttraumatic growth (PTG). A literature search was performed on the PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Psycinfo databases. Forty-six articles were included in the literature synthesis. Psychological resilience is a fundamental variable for reducing and preventing the negative psychological effects of the pandemic and is associated with lower levels of depression, anxiety and burnout. At the individual and organizational level, resilience plays a crucial role in enhancing wellbeing in healthcare and non-healthcare workers. Connected to resilience, adaptive coping strategies are essential for managing the emergency and work-related stress. Several positive factors influencing resilience have been highlighted in the development of PTG. At the same time, high levels of resilience and positive coping strategies can enhance personal growth. Considering the possible long-term coexistence and consequences of COVID-19, organizational interventions should aim to improve workers’ adaptive coping skills, resilience and PTG in order to promote wellbeing.

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Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma

Finstad

Giorgi

Lulli

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“…Applying the CoR theory to the current pandemic, Ojo et al ( 2020 ) found that individual reaction and subsequent response to the crisis varies. Some people can bounce back easily and shortly (Luthans et al, 2006 ; Malik and Garg, 2020 ) while some people will develop the symptoms such as depression or other psychiatric disorders.…”

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The Perceived Impact of COVID-19 on Student Well-Being and the Mediating Role of the University Support: Evidence From France, Germany, Russia, and the UK

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The rapid and unplanned change to teaching and learning in the online format brought by COVID-19 has likely impacted many, if not all, aspects of university students' lives worldwide. To contribute to the investigation of this change, this study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on student well-being, which has been found to be as important to student lifelong success as their academic achievement. Student well-being has been linked to their engagement and performance in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, intrinsic motivation, satisfaction, meaning making, and mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine how student perceptions of their degree completion and future job prospects during the pandemic impact their well-being and what role university support plays in this relationship. We used the conservation of resources theory to frame our study and to develop five hypotheses that were later tested via structural equation modeling. Data were collected from 2,707 university students in France, Germany, Russia, and UK via an online survey. The results showed that university support provided by instructors and administration plays a mediating role in the relationship between the perceived impact of COVID-19 on degree completion and future job prospects and levels of student well-being. Student well-being is decreased by their concerns for their degree completion but not by their concerns for future job prospects. In turn, concerns for future job prospects affect student well-being over time. These results suggest that in a “new normal,” universities could increase student well-being by making support to student studies a priority, especially for undergraduates. Also, universities should be aware of the students' changing emotional responses to crisis and ensure visibility and accessibility of student support.

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“…For many of them, mandatory mass teleworking has blurred boundaries between their personal and work life (Ru-dolph et al, 2020). Some employees had to contend with pay cuts, unpaid leave or job loss (Ojo et al, 2021), which increased uncertainty vis-à-vis job and financial security (Britt et al, 2020;Rudolph et al, 2020). Employees likewise faced challenges in the way their work was organized, that is, they experienced elevated workload (e.g., Wang et al, 2021) and unclear job instructions (i.e., high role ambiguity; Rigotti et al, 2021;Rudolph et al, 2020).…”

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“…Although studies have begun to identify the individual and organizational factors that support employees to adopt resilient responses during the COVID-19 crisis (e.g., Heath et al, 2020;Kuntz, 2021;Ojo et al, 2021), much research is needed to identify resilience-promoting factors that may diminish the negative impact of stressors and help to build a resilience capacity. For example, in her qualitative study, Kuntz (2021) highlighted both individual factors (e.g., personality traits and personal resources such as self-efficacy) and organizational-level factors (e.g., managerial support, role clarity, supportive communication, ongoing feedback) that help em-ployees to deal with the pandemic-related job stressors (e.g., work overload, job complexity) and to maintain their psychological well-being during COVID-19.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exhaustion while teleworking during COVID-19: a moderated-mediation model of role clarity, self-efficacy, and task interdependence

Mihalca

Rațiu

Brendea

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Research background: The global COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented challenge not only for employees? well-being, but also for the nature of their work, as teleworking became the norm for many of them almost overnight. Thus, there is a need to a more fine-grained understanding of the specific job demands experienced while teleworking during COVID-19, and the specific resources that mitigate the detrimental effects of demands and help employees to adopt resilient responses during and beyond COVID-19. Purpose of the article: Drawing upon the job demands-resources model, the present study aims at investigating the link between work overload (a job demand) and employee well-being (i.e., burnout), considering role clarity (a job resource) as a mediator, and task interdependence and self-efficacy as two potential boundary conditions. Methods: In order to examine the link between work overload, role clarity and emotional exhaustion moderated by task interdependence and self-efficacy, we used survey data from 701 Romanian employees at a large information technology company, who worked from home during COVID-19. We employed regression-based path analysis to examine the hypothesized relations. Findings & value added: The results reveal that role clarity partially mediates the relation between work overload and emotional exhaustion while teleworking during COVID-19. Moreover, the results from the moderated mediation analysis show that role clarity, self-efficacy, and task interdependence interact in their effects on emotional exhaustion. This study has important theoretical and managerial implications for employee well-being that go beyond the pandemic. As this study shows, when high levels of workload and task interdependence cannot be avoided, employees? personal (self-efficacy) and job (role clarity) resources might be particularly useful to reduce their exhaustion while teleworking. Based on these results, managers can design better jobs for remote workers and more flexible work arrangements in the future.

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Examining the Predictors of Resilience and Work Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 128 publications

References 94 publications

Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma

Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma

The Perceived Impact of COVID-19 on Student Well-Being and the Mediating Role of the University Support: Evidence From France, Germany, Russia, and the UK

Exhaustion while teleworking during COVID-19: a moderated-mediation model of role clarity, self-efficacy, and task interdependence

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