Modelling the COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Employees’ Health and Performance: A PLS-SEM Mediation Approach

Ion Popa, Simona Ștefan, Ana Alexandra Olariu, Ștefan Cătălin Popa and Cătălina Florentina Popa
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Ion Popa: Management Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Ana Alexandra Olariu: Management Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Ștefan Cătălin Popa: Management Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Cătălina Florentina Popa: Management Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the imposition of certain changes in the management of organizations and in the behavior and actions of employees. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic effects on employees’ health and mental well-being, as well as on their working performance. Moreover, the paper aims to highlight whether health- and work-related stress factors mediate the above relations. For the purpose of data collection, a structured questionnaire was used. The first results of the study showed that the pandemic effects felt by employees did not directly affect their mental and physical well-being. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic effects felt by employees affected their general work performance. The findings of the study may provide a useful perspective for organizations and their employees in order to adopt the most effective measures to minimize the effects generated by the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; mental well-being; physical well-being; pandemic effects; work performance; stress factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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