{"title":"Staying focused on work and satisfied with the job in times of pandemic: The power of everyday routines.","authors":"B. Wiese, Wai Kai Hou, Ruth Noppeney, Tsz Wai Li","doi":"10.1037/str0000241","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We explored the role of perceived coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threats and people's sustainment of primary (e.g., personal hygiene) and secondary (e.g., exercising) routines for two indicators of individual functioning at work, that is, job satisfaction and work concentration. We conducted an online questionnaire study with Hong Kong and German employees (N = 576). Using Structural Equation Modeling, we found support for secondary daily routines to be positively associated with job satisfaction and work concentration. In contrast, threats from the COVID-19 pandemic did not show negative associations with work outcomes. But economic threats were negatively associated with secondary routines, and had an indirect (negative) effect on job satisfaction mediated by these routines. A deeper look into the specific secondary activities revealed that sustaining exercising routines (e.g., regularly taking a walk) was particularly relevant. Our results might be used for designing programs to support people in sticking or returning to beneficial everyday activities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)","PeriodicalId":47862,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Stress Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Stress Management","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000241","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We explored the role of perceived coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threats and people's sustainment of primary (e.g., personal hygiene) and secondary (e.g., exercising) routines for two indicators of individual functioning at work, that is, job satisfaction and work concentration. We conducted an online questionnaire study with Hong Kong and German employees (N = 576). Using Structural Equation Modeling, we found support for secondary daily routines to be positively associated with job satisfaction and work concentration. In contrast, threats from the COVID-19 pandemic did not show negative associations with work outcomes. But economic threats were negatively associated with secondary routines, and had an indirect (negative) effect on job satisfaction mediated by these routines. A deeper look into the specific secondary activities revealed that sustaining exercising routines (e.g., regularly taking a walk) was particularly relevant. Our results might be used for designing programs to support people in sticking or returning to beneficial everyday activities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
期刊介绍:
The editorial focus of the International Journal of Stress Management® (IJSM) is the assessment, management, and treatment of stress and trauma, whether emotional, cognitive, behavioral, or physiological. Personal, occupational, organizational, and societal issues relevant to stress identification and management are also covered. IJSM publishes articles that advance theory and practice and promotes methodologically sound research in stress identification and management across disciplines that include psychology and other social sciences, psychiatry, medicine, therapy and other healthcare, business and industry, humanities, arts, education, engineering, and others. The journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed original research — qualitative and/or quantitative empirical, theoretical, historical, and review articles — as well as brief reports, book reviews, and editorials. Contributions to the IJSM come from an international array of scholars and practitioners who come from varied disciplines around the globe.