Psychosocial Work Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Influences on Mental Health Risk and Intention to Leave Among Public Health Workers: A Cross-sectional and Follow-up Study in Taiwan

Lin, Ming-Wei; Wang, Yi-Ting; Cheng, Yawen

doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2023.10.007

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“…Their experiences with WPV significantly impact their MPH and led to burnout and turnover intention. In Taiwan, a study revealed the influence of psychosocial work conditions on the mental health of public health workers in 2023, pointing out that the employees who ever experienced WPV had a higher chance of intention to leave their jobs ( 31 ). It is important for the security industry to address and prevent WPV to protect the health and well-being of their staff.…”

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“…In other words, the security guards who experienced PhV, VV, or PsV had poorer MPH. A Taiwanese study on workers of public health agencies found a significant correlation between high prevalence of workplace violence in and increased risk of mental disorders ( 31 ). A Japan study in 2022 also revealed that public healthcare workers (HCWs) who experienced increased harassment could have a higher risk of depression and anxiety ( 35 ).…”

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Relationship between workplace violence and mental/physical health of security guards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

Lee,

Wu,

Chen

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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ObjectivesTo investigate the relationship between workplace violence (WPV) and mental and physical health (MPH) of security guards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in 15 representative security companies across northern, central, and southern Taiwan, and outlying islands from July 2021 to June 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1,200 questionnaires were distributed. A total of 1,032 valid questionnaires were collected.Results13.18% of the participants reported that they had experienced WPV during the COVID-19 pandemic, including physical violence (PhV), psychological violence (PsV), verbal violence (VV), and sexual harassment (SH). The most common violence was VV (54.19%), followed by PsV (20.69%). Community residents and property owners were the primary perpetrators, followed by strangers. The study showed that the security guards who had experienced WPV had higher scores on the 12-item Chinese Health Questionnaire (Taiwan version) (CHQ-12), indicating poorer MPH than those who had never experienced WPV. The result showed that VV had strong correlations with the lack of effective communication, dissatisfaction with treatment and service attitude, and work stress. PsV was strongly associated with excessive waiting times.ConclusionThere were correlations among PhV, VV, and PsV and they had adverse impacts on MPH, except for SH. The study found that the primary perpetrators of WPV against security guards were community residents and property owners. The causes were the lack of effective communication, dissatisfaction with treatment and service attitude, excessive waiting times, and work stress, which further led to turnover intention and poor MPH. The findings of this study have useful implications and it is recommended to enhance the understanding of workplace violence against security guards and to formulate appropriate local and international strategies to address it.

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Relationship between workplace violence and mental/physical health of security guards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

Lee,

Wu,

Chen

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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The Effect of Mental Health Risk Perception on Revisit Willingness of Rural Homestay Tourists—A Multi-Group Comparative Analysis

Cheng,

2024

Sustainability

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Tourists’ mental health risk perceptions have a crucial impact on destination management organizations and other tourism practitioners. As an important support for rural tourism, the mental health risk perception of rural homestay tourists requires further attention from researchers to promote the sustainable development of the rural homestay industry. Based on the structural equation model and AMOS, this study considers the rural homestay industry as the background, explores the relationship between the mental health risk perception of rural homestay tourists under the COVID-19 pandemic, emotional solidarity between tourists and operators, and tourists’ willingness to revisit, and analyzes the differences in tourist groups with different infection frequencies. In this study, questionnaires were randomly distributed to the tourists of rural hotels in Nanjing. 740 questionnaires were collected and 666 valid questionnaires were recovered. The results show that tourists’ mental health risk perception has a significant negative effect on tourists’ willingness to revisit. However, tourists’ mental health risk perception effectively promoted emotional solidarity between tourists and operators, and thus significantly improved tourists’ willingness to revisit, in which emotional unity was the mediating variable. There were significant differences in tourists’ willingness to visit after different infection frequencies. The willingness of tourists to risk being infected with the virus was more significantly affected by their mental health risk perception and emotional solidarity.

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The effect of intolerance of uncertainty and worry on the intent to leave work among healthcare employees

Sariyildiz,

Uysal,

Kamer

2024

SA Journal of Human Resource Management

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety on turnover intention in healthcare workers.Design/methodology/approach: This study is a cross-sectional field research based on the quantitative descriptive survey model. A total of 234 volunteer healthcare workers participated in the research. To collect data for the study, a sociodemographic questionnaire prepared by the authors and three subject-related scales were used. Data were collected via Google Forms.Findings/results: The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty, worry and intention to leave work was found to be positive. The effect on intention to leave work of intolerance of uncertainty and worry was found to be positive.Practical implications: In this study, 71.8% of the participants stated that they did not want to do their current job. This shows that healthcare workers are extremely dissatisfied with their situation and conditions. It would be appropriate for health system managers to work on improving factors such as working conditions, psychology of health workers and economic conditions.Originality/value: It is thought that the results of the study will contribute to the literature, health professionals and managers, and health policy makers.

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Psychosocial Work Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Influences on Mental Health Risk and Intention to Leave Among Public Health Workers: A Cross-sectional and Follow-up Study in Taiwan

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Relationship between workplace violence and mental/physical health of security guards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

Relationship between workplace violence and mental/physical health of security guards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

The Effect of Mental Health Risk Perception on Revisit Willingness of Rural Homestay Tourists—A Multi-Group Comparative Analysis

The effect of intolerance of uncertainty and worry on the intent to leave work among healthcare employees

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