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Long COVID-19, Work and Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 20247

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Dr. Emanuela Ingusci

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Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Via di Valesio Angolo Viale San Nicola, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: work and organizational psychology
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Dear Colleagues,

The health emergency period defined new boundaries and promoted substantial changes in everyday life. It also led employees and companies to rethink and redesign work and its meaning, subsequently affecting people's quality of life and the professional one. All these structural aspects induced employees to cope with a new normality by facing new challenges. Whereas, in the past, diversity in HRM was considered as a separate part of HRM, the current scenario redefines it as a crucial resource to increase the empowerment and know-how of the company. Today, human capital diversity is gaining acceptance as a regular evolution of mankind, a "new normal" in a post-human capital framework. Diversity management in the global current economy can deeply impact the workplace, affecting productivity and well-being. The current organizational environments are rapidly becoming multifaceted and, therefore, much more challenging to manage, as they are shaped by new ways of working, increased use of ICT, involvement of different categories of workers (disability, cross-cultural, age), and new emerging professions resulting from the change in the labor market. Such transformations require new proactive behaviors to cope with the demanding requirements that occur in the workplace. According to this approach, coping strategies, job and life crafting, organizational programmers, and learning actions can lead to positive outcomes and improved well-being at work for all types of workers.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Social Sciences.

Dr. Emanuela Ingusci
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Keywords

  • diversity management
  • workplace healthy
  • long COVID-19
  • job crafting
  • age
  • gender
  • disability
  • well-being

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From Conflict to Balance: Challenges for Dual-Earner Families Managing Technostress and Work Exhaustion in the Post-Pandemic Scenario
by Cataldo Giuliano Gemmano, Amelia Manuti, Sabrina Girardi and Caterina Balenzano
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(8), 5558; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085558 - 18 Apr 2023
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Within the last three years, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has contributed to changing many aspects of individual and collective life. Focusing on professional life, the forced shift to remote working modalities, the consequent blurring of work–family (WF) boundaries, and the difficulties for parents [...] Read more.
Within the last three years, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has contributed to changing many aspects of individual and collective life. Focusing on professional life, the forced shift to remote working modalities, the consequent blurring of work–family (WF) boundaries, and the difficulties for parents in childrearing have significantly impacted family routines. These challenges have been more evident for some specific vulnerable categories of workers, such as dual-earner parents. Accordingly, the WF literature investigated the antecedents and outcomes of WF dynamics, highlighting positive and negative aspects of digital opportunities that may affect WF variables and their consequences on workers’ well-being. In view of the above, the present study aims to investigate the key role of WF conflict and WF balance in mediating the relationship between technostress and work exhaustion. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to examine direct and indirect relationships among technostress, WF conflict, WF balance, and work exhaustion. Respondents were 376 Italian workers, specifically dual-earner parents who have at least one child. Results and implications are discussed with specific reference to the organizational policies and interventions that could be developed to manage technostress and WF conflict, fostering individual and social adjustment to the new normal. Full article
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Pain and Clinical Presentation: A Cross-Sectional Study of Patients with New-Onset Chronic Pain in Long-COVID-19 Syndrome
by Andrés Calvache-Mateo, Laura López-López, Javier Martín-Núñez, Alejandro Heredia-Ciuró, María Granados-Santiago, Araceli Ortiz-Rubio and Marie Carmen Valenza
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4049; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054049 - 24 Feb 2023
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of pain (i.e., pain intensity, pain interference, clinical presentation) in Long-COVID-19 patients and compare the location of pain between successfully recovered COVID-19 patients and healthy matched controls. A cross-sectional case-control study was carried [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of pain (i.e., pain intensity, pain interference, clinical presentation) in Long-COVID-19 patients and compare the location of pain between successfully recovered COVID-19 patients and healthy matched controls. A cross-sectional case-control study was carried out. Long-COVID-19 patients, age- and sex-matched patients with a history of COVID-19 who had successfully recovered, and healthy controls were included. Outcomes included were pain characteristics (Brief Pain Inventory and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire) and clinical presentation (Widespread Pain Index and Euroqol-5 Dimensions 5 Levels Visual Analogue Scale). Sixty-nine patients with Long-COVID-19 syndrome, sixty-six successfully recovered COVID-19 patients, and sixty-seven healthy controls were evaluated. Patients with Long-COVID-19 syndrome showed greater pain intensity and interference. In addition, they showed worse quality of life and greater widespread pain, with the most frequent locations of pain being the neck, legs, and head. In conclusion, patients with Long-COVID-19 syndrome show a high prevalence of pain, characterized by widespread pain of moderate intensity and interference, with the most frequent locations being the neck, legs, and head, significantly affecting the quality of life of these patients. Full article
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Addressing the COVID-19 Shock: The Potential Job Creation in China by the RCEP
by Xinxiong Wu, Chen Chen Yong and Su Teng Lee
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15669; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315669 - 25 Nov 2022
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In 2020, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) left around 81% of the global workforce, nearly 2.7 billion workers, affected. Employment in China was the first to be hit by COVID-19. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to bring dynamism to China’s employment market [...] Read more.
In 2020, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) left around 81% of the global workforce, nearly 2.7 billion workers, affected. Employment in China was the first to be hit by COVID-19. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to bring dynamism to China’s employment market in an era of long COVID-19. This study aims to examine the number of sectoral jobs that the RCEP will create in China, with the number of skilled or unskilled labour employed in each sector. The exogenous shocks to the RCEP can be reflected in the number of jobs created through multipliers based on a social accounting matrix compiled from China’s input-output tables in 2017, combined with the employment satellite accounts compiled. The results show that the RCEP is expected to create over 17 million potential jobs in China, with unskilled labour accounting for 10.44 million and skilled labour for 6.77 million. It is even expected that there will be job losses in the metalworking machinery sector. The contribution of this paper can serve as a reference for policies to protect vulnerable sectors, further open up trade markets and strengthen cooperation among RCEP members as important measures to address the employment impact of long COVID-19. Full article
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Consequences of COVID-19 on Employees in Remote Working: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities An Evidence-Based Literature Review
by Clara De Vincenzi, Martina Pansini, Bruna Ferrara, Ilaria Buonomo and Paula Benevene
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11672; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811672 - 16 Sep 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations across all sectors and sizes to undertake crucial changes in order to remain productive during the emergency. Among these, the shift towards remote working arrangements is still present in our workplaces, impacting employees’ well-being and productivity. This systematic [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations across all sectors and sizes to undertake crucial changes in order to remain productive during the emergency. Among these, the shift towards remote working arrangements is still present in our workplaces, impacting employees’ well-being and productivity. This systematic review aims to describe the pandemic’s consequences on work organization by analyzing whether and how the shift towards remote or home-working impacted employees’ productivity, performance, and well-being. Furthermore, it describes the role of individual and organizational factors in determining employees’ adjustment to remote work. Sixty-seven peer-reviewed papers published from 2020 to 2022, written in English, were selected through the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Findings describe how remote working arrangements, the workplace and organizational factors, and the employees’ individual traits and skills impacted employees’ productivity and well-being. Furthermore, they provide a description of the organizational enforcement actions reported in the literature. Managerial and practical implications, such as enforcement actions, team management strategies, and initiatives to promote employees’ physical and mental health, will be discussed in the paper. Full article
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