Bughin Jacques, Cincera Michele, Reykowska Dorota, Żyszkiewicz Marcin, Ohme Rafal
Université libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, iCite and ECARES, Brussels, Belgium.
MachaonAdvisory, Brussels, FortinoCapital, Brussels, Antler, Amsterdam and Portulans Institute, Washington, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 31;20(3):e0294540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294540. eCollection 2025.
The Covid-19 pandemic is a textbook case of significant situational stress induced by various disruptions beyond mere health concerns, such as social isolation and financial constraints. For the workforce, it is essential to anticipate how these disruptions may undermine employees' resilience, to avoid a negative spiral where poor well-being lowers productivity, reduces economic prospects, and continues to increase worker stress. We measure multiple forms of stress and worries as drivers of well-being-health, economic, social, and psychological-encountered by the workforce during the acute period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study analyzed data from 2,780 employees across five European countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden. Overall Concern Score: The overall concern score was 56.8% across four domains: health, economic, social, and psychological. Stressors can be synthesized into five typical groups associated with a variety of mediating factors such as institutional trust, lifestyle, and worker education. The implication is that workers' well-being is heterogeneous and that human resource practices may need at least a segmented approach to well-being if they wish to create an environment of a resilient and productive workforce.
新冠疫情是一个典型案例，它展示了由各种干扰因素引发的重大情境压力，这些干扰因素不仅涉及健康问题，还包括社交隔离和经济限制等。对于劳动力而言，预测这些干扰因素如何削弱员工的恢复力至关重要，以避免出现恶性循环，即健康状况不佳会降低生产力、减少经济前景，并持续增加员工压力。我们衡量了多种形式的压力和担忧，这些是劳动力在新冠疫情急性期所面临的影响健康、经济、社会和心理福祉的驱动因素。该研究分析了来自法国、德国、意大利、西班牙和瑞典这五个欧洲国家的2780名员工的数据。总体担忧得分：在健康、经济、社会和心理这四个领域，总体担忧得分为56.8%。压力源可归纳为五个典型类别，这些类别与各种中介因素相关，如机构信任、生活方式和员工教育。这意味着员工的福祉是多样的，如果人力资源实践想要营造一个有恢复力且高效的劳动力环境，那么它们可能至少需要采用一种分阶段的福祉方法。
