Building Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment

This article aims to analyse significant differences in four constructs: occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement, and work productivity among employees before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the paper is to develop a multidimensional model with these four constructs an...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:77a3afe0b967433f807bcbff7530c0ee2021-11-11T19:27:58ZBuilding Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment10.3390/su1321117472071-1050https://doaj.org/article/77a3afe0b967433f807bcbff7530c0ee2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11747https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This article aims to analyse significant differences in four constructs: occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement, and work productivity among employees before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the paper is to develop a multidimensional model with these four constructs and analyse the differences in the strength of their effects on the model across two intersectional times: before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was implemented on a sample of 885 employees in Slovenian organisations. During COVID-19, Slovenia had one of the strictest lockdowns. Based on the research, we can confirm significant differences in the four analysed constructs among employees before COVID-19 and during COVID-19. Based on the results, we can confirm that occupational stress had a more negative effect on job satisfaction and work engagement during COVID-19 than before prior to it. Our research and conclusions highlight the measures with which organisations can reduce the problem of occupational stress and with which organisations can increase job satisfaction, work engagement and work productivity among employees during COVID-19. Based on this, organisations may be able to build a more supportive work environment during, and after, COVID-19.Maja RožmanAnita PešaMladen RajkoTjaša ŠtrukeljMDPI AGarticleorganisational sustainabilitywork environmentCOVID-19stresssatisfactionengagementEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11747, p 11747 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic organisational sustainability
work environment
COVID-19
stress
satisfaction
engagement
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle organisational sustainability
work environment
COVID-19
stress
satisfaction
engagement
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Maja Rožman
Anita Peša
Mladen Rajko
Tjaša Štrukelj
Building Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment
description This article aims to analyse significant differences in four constructs: occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement, and work productivity among employees before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the paper is to develop a multidimensional model with these four constructs and analyse the differences in the strength of their effects on the model across two intersectional times: before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was implemented on a sample of 885 employees in Slovenian organisations. During COVID-19, Slovenia had one of the strictest lockdowns. Based on the research, we can confirm significant differences in the four analysed constructs among employees before COVID-19 and during COVID-19. Based on the results, we can confirm that occupational stress had a more negative effect on job satisfaction and work engagement during COVID-19 than before prior to it. Our research and conclusions highlight the measures with which organisations can reduce the problem of occupational stress and with which organisations can increase job satisfaction, work engagement and work productivity among employees during COVID-19. Based on this, organisations may be able to build a more supportive work environment during, and after, COVID-19.
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Anita Peša
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title Building Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment
title_short Building Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment
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title_fullStr Building Organisational Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Inspiring Work Environment
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