The Role of Perceived Workplace Safety Practices and Mindfulness in Maintaining Calm in Employees during Times of Crisis

T.-V. Vu, T. Vo-Thanh, H. Chi, Nguyen Phong Nguyen, D.V. Nguyen and M. Zaman
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T.-V. Vu: Thuongmai University - Partenaires INRAE
T. Vo-Thanh: CEREGE [Poitiers, La Rochelle] - Centre de recherche en gestion [EA 1722] - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - ULR - La Rochelle Université
H. Chi: Nanhua University
Nguyen Phong Nguyen: UEH - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
D.V. Nguyen: DNU - Dai Nam University = Trường Đại học Đại Nam
M. Zaman: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: While prior studies in human resource management have investigated how employee outcomes have been affected in high-risk workplaces, this study stands out by examining this issue through the role played by COVID-19 as a specific stressor. We explained how employees' perceived health risks due to COVID-19 (CV19PHR) and perceived workplace safety practices (PWSPs) affected job performance via burnout and how PWSPs moderated the CV19PHR\textendashburnout and CV19PHR\textendashJP relationships. We also examined how mindfulness moderated the direct effects of CV19PHR and PWSPs on burnout and JP and the indirect effects of CV19PHR and PWSPs on JP via burnout. We performed three studies using an explanatory sequential mixed-method design. In study 1, a three-phase survey with 987 respondents was conducted to test the hypotheses. In study 2, by analyzing verbatim from 22 informants, the findings of study 1 and some main points concerning mindfulness and PWSPs were explained. In study 3, using data from 12 informants, we investigated how COVID-19 affected individuals differently compared with other high-risk workplaces and whether the impact of COVID-19 on individuals was curvilinear. We demonstrated that employees' CV19PHR was positively correlated with burnout, negatively influencing JP. Moreover, PWSPs reduced burnout, which adversely affected JP. Interestingly, PWSPs positively moderated the CV19PHR\textendashburnout relationship but not the CV19PHR\textendashJP relationship. We also found that mindfulness moderated the CV19PHR\textendashburnout and PWSPs\textendashburnout relationships. Furthermore, mindfulness significantly moderated the mediating effects of burnout on the CV19PHR\textendashJP and PWSPs\textendashJP relationships. \textcopyright 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Keywords: burnout; COVID-19; job performance; mindfulness; perceived health risks; perceived workplace safety practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Human Resource Management, 2022, 61 (3), pp.315-333. ⟨10.1002/hrm.22101⟩

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DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22101

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