Müllers, Hannah (2024) Dynamic Shifts in Work Ethic: Examining COVID-19 Pandemic Induced Changes in the Workplace. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Work ethic is an attitudinal construct which gives insight into how important and central people find work in itself to be, and while it is argued to be stable, under certain conditions it may be susceptible to change (Arciniega et al., 2023). The present study investigates the dynamic changes in work ethic during the COVID-19 pandemic and potential factors that may contribute to said changes. Existing research suggests that employees experienced an increase in workload during the pandemic (Eurofound, 2022), leading to affective irritation (Scheel et al., 2023) and negative job attitudes (Van Ruyssefeldt et al., 2022), and argued to negatively affect work ethic (H1). It was further hypothesized that this relationship is mediated by changes in job satisfaction (H2) and that any short-term changes in work ethic would return to baseline levels in the long term (H3). Utilizing archival data from the LISS panel in a 4-year longitudinal study of Dutch full-time employees indicated no direct or mediated effect between the study variables. An indirect effect between job satisfaction changes and work ethic changes was found, showing that these two attitudinal constructs are closely connected. The study adds to existing literature by employing longitudinal data that highlight the possibility of changes in work ethic under specific conditions and open the door to further research avenues.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Keller, A.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2024 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 07:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3774 |
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