Managing COVID-19 in workplaces – a theoretical framework for integral employees’ health
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05.04.2022
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01A - Journal article
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Journal of Corporate Real Estate
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24
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2
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93-107
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Emerald
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Leeds
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework on how to deal with stressors emerging from the COVID-19 outbreak. The theoretical framework aims to explain pandemic-related stressors and potential ways to prevent them, considering a wide range of interacting factors at individual, team and organizational levels to ensure their employees’ health.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors drew on an integrative literature review to identify pandemic-related stressors influenceable by the organization and gathered solution approaches to counteract them. Popular psychological stress theories served as a theoretical base for the framework.
Findings
The authors based the framework on an integration of the transactional stress theory (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984) and the job demands resources model (Schaufeli and Bakker, 2004), focusing on their respective theoretical strengths. The final framework offers a solid orientation for scholars regarding the introduction of holistic and strategic measures in coping with pandemic-related stressors. A section describing possibilities for practitioners’ use of the framework has been integrated.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to offer a framework on how to handle COVID-19-related stressors in the workplace by implementing teamwide and companywide measures.
Keywords
Covid-19, Employees' health, Framework, Change Management
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150 - Psychologie
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
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English
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Published
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GAUER, Sandra und Barbara GERMANN, 2022. Managing COVID-19 in workplaces – a theoretical framework for integral employees’ health. Journal of Corporate Real Estate. 5 April 2022. Bd. 24, Nr. 2, S. 93–107. DOI 10.1108/JCRE-10-2020-0045. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/45934