New Challenges for Leading the Change for the Psychological Consequences of Pandemics

Abstract

With the needs for change and adaptation brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, management of the concerns regarding workplace loneliness, work alienation, and spiritual well-being stands as a critical challenge for the organizations. Although these concepts are not new and have increasingly been a focus of attention in recent decades, contemporary radical changes in work methods and work concept such as increased use of technology, digitalization, social distancing at work, and virtual working make them much more crucial for the success of organizations. The purpose of this chapter is to address adverse psychological work-related outcomes of the pandemic and provide practical implications and recommendations for leaders for effective management of the processes regarding these outcomes during and after the pandemic.

The influence of remote work communication satisfaction and CSR association on employee alienation and job satisfaction: a moderated-mediation study

“…, 2014). This is critical in the current environment, which has exacerbated employee alienation through mandatory remote work practices (Bansal, 2021; Cetin, 2021). Aside from job characteristics and social support, the effect of other organizational variables on alienation is unknown (Nair and Vohra, 2012; Shantz et al.…”

“…, 2020). According to some scholars, remote work contributes to employee alienation by blurring the lines between personal and professional lives and eroding employees' sense of control (Cetin, 2021; Manokha, 2020). We argue that this loss of control could be understood as a consequence of the breakdown of the employees' sensemaking process.…”

“…While the consequences of alienation have received significant attention in the literature (Shantz et al, 2015), little research has been performed to ascertain why alienation occurs and how it could be remedied (Nair and Vohra, 2012;Shantz et al, 2015;Chiaburu et al, 2014). This is critical in the current environment, which has exacerbated employee alienation through mandatory remote work practices (Bansal, 2021;Cetin, 2021). Aside from job characteristics and social support, the effect of other organizational variables on alienation is unknown (Nair and Vohra, 2012;Shantz et al, 2015).…”