Work-related stress of companies' directors during the first lockdown due to the COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and the first lockdown were particularly stressful with a major economic impact, but the impact on stress of company directors was not known. Therefore, this study aimed to assess that impact and the characteristics of companies the most at risk.

Method

A online questionnaire was sent to 13,114 company. It assessed stress at work, number of employees, sector of activity, business activity rate and geographical location. It studied the mean stress levels, the percentage of stress > 8/10 and carried out an analysis of the characteristics of the most at-risk companies.

Results

A total of 807 company directors responded. Their stress levels increased by 25.9% during lockdown and 28.7% of them had a stress > 8/10. Sectors which had the bigg

SUBMITTER: Dutheil F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813865 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature