The perceived risk of being infected at work: An application of the job demands-resources model to workplace safety during the COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT: Safety at work, both physical and psychological, plays a central role for workers and organizations during the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Building on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model applied to safety at work, in this study we proposed that the perceived risk of being infected with COVID-19 at work can be conceptualized as a job demand (i.e., a risk factor for work-related stress), whereas those characteristics of the job (physical and psychosocial) that help workers to reduce or manage this risk can be conceived as job resources (i.e., protective factors). We hypothesized that the perceived risk of being infected at work is positively associated with emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, we hypothesized that job resources, in terms of safety systems, communication, decision-making,

SUBMITTER: Falco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428687 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature