Supporting Knowledge Workers’ Health and Well-Being in the Post-Lockdown Era

Tatiana Harkiolakis and Marcos Komodromos ()
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Tatiana Harkiolakis: Department of Media and Communications, The London School of Economics and Political Sciences, Houghton Str., London WC2A 2AE, UK
Marcos Komodromos: Department of Communications, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Makedonitissis 46, Nicosia 2417, Cyprus

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: The specific problem is that knowledge workers experience high levels of stress and burnout in their professional lives, a trend that increased due to the transition to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. This integrative literature review addresses this problem by answering the following research questions: (1) How can working in the post-lockdown era allow greater well-being, job satisfaction, and job security to abide? ; and (2) How can mental capital be increased in the 21st century to ensure maximum health and positive well-being in the future employment arena and on a global scale? This review contributes to the literature on worker health and wellbeing, hybrid work arrangements, and knowledge workers’ professional experiences. The findings suggest that knowledge workers can only thrive in a hybrid work environment if organizations take an empathetic approach to manage these workers and give them sufficient autonomy and flexibility in determining their work conditions, in addition to ample opportunities for social interaction and professional advancement.

Keywords: knowledge workers; mental health; well-being; post-lockdown era; literature review; hybrid work; mental capital; job satisfaction; job security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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