COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace
A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 16040
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Interests: occupational medicine; occupational health; workplace health promotion; risk assessment; workplace risk factors; cardiovascular risk; psychological well-being; work-related stress; organizational factors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically changing the world of labor with strong repercussions for workers’ well-being, occupational health and safety practices, organizational health, and business development. Despite major advances in managing the COVID-19 health emergency, evidence points to possible long-term coexistence with the virus and the need for adequate worker health promotion and prevention strategies (Kniffin et al., 2020; Skegg et al., 2021). Furthermore, one of the key challenges of the future of work concerns how to make hybrid work suitable and manage a blended workforce. Indeed, hybrid and remote work entail new and re-emerging ergonomic and psychosocial risks as in the case of unsuitable workstations and prolonged exposure to visual display terminals (VDT) with consequent musculoskeletal disorders and visual discomfort on the one side, and technostress and related factors on the other side (Buomprisco, Ricci, Perri & De Sio, 2021; Davis et al., 2020).
Hence, the purpose of the manuscripts in this Special Issue on COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace should be to:
1) analyze the negative implications of COVID-19 for different occupational populations while investigating the possible positive aspects (e.g., resilience, posttraumatic growth, technological progress) in order to design targeted interventions;
2) identify methods and measures for the development of healthy organizations from a multidisciplinary point of view through the contribution of disciplines such as organizational psychology, occupational medicine, and business management.
We look forward to original research papers, review articles, and brief reports that can provide useful insights into the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace. Priority is given to papers that apply a rigorous methodology (e.g., multilevel design, longitudinal studies, or multi-method measures).
The Special Issue is focused on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Workers’ wellbeing
- Negative outcomes of COVID-19 for workers’ health and organizations
- Positive aspects associated with COVID-19 (e.g., resilience, adaptive coping strategies)
- New ergonomic and psychosocial risks
- Technostress and related topics (e.g., virtual relationships, work–life balance, employability)
- Organizational health
- New forms of work (hybrid work, remote work)
- Future of work
- Working conditions
- Multilevel analysis
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Giorgi
Prof. Dr. Nicola Mucci
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ariza-Montes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Workers’ health and well-being
- Psychosocial and ergonomic risks
- Hybrid work
- Technostress
- Occupational safety and health
- COVID-19
- Future of work
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