Yang Qiang, Huo Jiale, Li Jiang, Jiang Yushi
School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
Work. 2020;67(1):67-79. doi: 10.3233/WOR-203253.
The COVID-19 epidemic not only cast a shadow on China's economic development but also caused phased panic and anxiety among the Chinese population. At the stage when the spread of the epidemic is not completely controlled, the business activities will surely cause employees to worry and produce a work stress reaction.
This study explores the impact of psychosocial stress caused by the COVID-19 epidemic on the work stress of returned workers. Furthermore, we explore the boundary conditions for reducing work stress from the perspectives of perceived organizational support, perceived social support and epidemic awareness.
Data were collected within two weeks after the Chinese government announced the work resumption of industrial enterprises. During this period, 526 returned workers participated in the study.
The results showed that the psychosocial stress caused by the epidemic had a positive impact on work stress. Both perceived organizational support and perceived that social support can alleviate the impact of psychosocial stress on work stress. The moderating effect of epidemic awareness was only established in non-severe epidemic areas.
In the current period of the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the conclusions of this study have a certain theoretical significance and practical value.
新冠疫情不仅给中国经济发展蒙上阴影，还在中国民众中引发了阶段性的恐慌和焦虑。在疫情传播尚未完全得到控制的阶段，企业活动必然会使员工产生担忧并引发工作压力反应。
本研究探讨新冠疫情引发的心理社会压力对返岗员工工作压力的影响。此外，我们从感知组织支持、感知社会支持和疫情认知的角度探索减轻工作压力的边界条件。
在中国政府宣布工业企业复工后的两周内收集数据。在此期间，526名返岗员工参与了研究。
结果表明，疫情引发的心理社会压力对工作压力有正向影响。感知组织支持和感知社会支持都能减轻心理社会压力对工作压力的影响。疫情认知的调节作用仅在非严重疫区成立。
在当前新冠疫情传播阶段，本研究的结论具有一定的理论意义和实践价值。
