Understanding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on teleworkers' experiences of perceived threat and professional isolation: The moderating role of friendship.
COVID-19 pandemic
friendship
perceived threat
professional isolation
well-being
Journal
Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
ISSN: 1532-2998
Titre abrégé: Stress Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101089166
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
revised:
14
03
2022
received:
16
08
2021
accepted:
20
03
2022
pubmed:
26
3
2022
medline:
15
12
2022
entrez:
25
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Drawing from conservation of resource theory and the social support resource theory, this study examines how the severity of an exogenous disruptive event - the COVID-19 pandemic - in one's community influences teleworkers' well-being outcomes indirectly through their perceptions of pandemic-related threat and experience of professional isolation, as well as the buffering effect of friendship on these relationships. Utilizing time-lagged data from participants of a two-wave survey panel (N = 351) and objective data of COVID-19 severity from counties around the United States, we found that perceived threat, but not professional isolation, mediated the negative effect of proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the community on teleworkers' well-being outcomes. Further, consistent with our predictions, support from friends significantly weakened the negative effects of threat and professional isolation on well-being. Key theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35332678
doi: 10.1002/smi.3146
pmc: PMC9111334
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
927-939Informations de copyright
© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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