Modelling the COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Employees’ Health and Performance: A PLS-SEM Mediation Approach

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the imposition of certain changes in the management of organizations and in the behavior and actions of employees. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic effects on employees’ health and mental well-being, as well as on their working performance. Moreover, the paper aims to highlight whether health- and work-related stress factors mediate the above relations. For the purpose of data collection, a structured questionnaire was used. The first results of the study showed that the pandemic effects felt by employees did not directly affect their mental and physical well-being. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic effects felt by employees affected their general work performance. The findings of the study may provide a useful perspective for organizations and their employees in order to adopt the most effective measures to minimize the effects generated by the pandemic.

Examining the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international migrants' repatriation intention using structural equation modeling

“…(2022),Popa et al (2022),Khan et al (2021),Kumar and Nayar (2021), Mok et al (2021), Spiritus-Beerden et al (2021), Yıldırım et al (2021), Kamberi et al (2020), Opatha (2020), Spoorthy et al (2020), James and Azungah (2019) and Meuer et al (2019) studies after slight modification due to unavailability of direct items related to the current study (see Table…”

“…A few of them focus on how repatriated migrants impacted the spread of COVID-19 (Pal et al. , 2021), health issues faced by the migrants (Jones, 2022; Popa et al. , 2022; Khan et al.…”

“…However, studies about the repatriation of migrants are scarce. A few of them focus on how repatriated migrants impacted the spread of COVID-19 (Pal et al, 2021), health issues faced by the migrants (Jones, 2022;Popa et al, 2022;Khan et al, 2021;Kamberi et al, 2020) and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in them (Vathi, 2022;Harjana et al, 2021). Rajan and Arokkiaraj (2022) explored that due to quarantine restrictions, visa-expired travelers faced several obstacles during the pandemic.…”

Perceived Risk of COVID-19 and Employee Decision-Making: How Psychological Distress during the Pandemic Increases Negative Performance Outcomes among Healthcare Workers

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe psychological effects among healthcare workers [ 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. Although it resulted in the employment of more medical practitioners and increased medical research funding [ 21 ], healthcare workers are more vulnerable, since they work in an environment where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur [ 42 , 43 ].…”

Gestión de riesgos psicosociales frente al Covid-19 en un hospital Cantón Durán-Ecuador, 2022

“…Actualmente, la gestión de riesgo psicosocial tiene una enorme trascendencia, debido al impacto que pueden tener en el desempeño laboral, especialmente por la pandemia causada por el coronavirus (Popa et al, 2022). Este evento impacto directamente a los profesionales de la salud debido a que al inicio no se contaba con protocolos y normas de bioseguridad oportunas, atendiendo directa e indirecta a pacientes y familiares (OPS/OMS, 2021).…”