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<p>Various studies have analyzed employees’ perceptions with regards to voluntary turnover and very few studies have attempted to identify and assess the consequences of involuntary turnover on the employees. Thus, this study attempts at analyzing the consequences of any potential involuntary turnover on employees that can take place as a response to the economic crisis that will occur with the COVID-19 pandemic. Factors like role overload, job stress, occupational burnout and Work Family Conflict (WFC) has been identified as the resulting effects of any job losses. Significant and positive relationship was recorded among variables and the relationship between involuntary turnover and WFC and between job stress and WFC were rejected. The Conservation of Resources theory (COR) and the Spillover and Crossover theory were used to better understand the complexities of the matter. The limitations and future work prospects have also been discussed.</p>
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Various studies have analyzed employees’ perceptions with regards to voluntary turnover and very few studies have attempted to identify and assess the consequences of involuntary turnover on the employees. Thus, this study attempts at analyzing the consequences of any potential involuntary turnover on employees that can take place as a response to the economic crisis that will occur with the COVID-19 pandemic. Factors like role overload, job stress, occupational burnout and Work Family Conflict (WFC) has been identified as the resulting effects of any job losses. Significant and positive relationship was recorded among variables and the relationship between involuntary turnover and WFC and between job stress and WFC were rejected. The Conservation of Resources theory (COR) and the Spillover and Crossover theory were used to better understand the complexities of the matter. The limitations and future work prospects have also been discussed.

The Unprecedented Lockdown: The consequences of job loss

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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Various studies have analyzed employees’ perceptions with regards to voluntary turnover and very few studies have attempted to identify and assess the...

The Unprecedented Lockdown: The consequences of job loss

Data publikacji: 23 lis 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2021-0008

Słowa kluczowe
COVID-19 pandemic, Involuntary turnover, role overload, job stress, ccupational burn-out and WFC

© 2021 Soujata Rughoobur-Seetah, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Unprecedented Lockdown: The consequences of job loss

Data publikacji: 23 lis 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2021-0008

Słowa kluczoweCOVID-19 pandemic, Involuntary turnover, role overload, job stress, ccupational burn-out and WFC

© 2021 Soujata Rughoobur-Seetah, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
COVID-19 pandemic, Involuntary turnover, role overload, job stress, ccupational burn-out and WFC