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Work Changes Caused by the Pandemic: A Threat to Identification and Compliance With Health Regulations? Cover

Work Changes Caused by the Pandemic: A Threat to Identification and Compliance With Health Regulations?

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|Dec 2024

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Pearson correlations of work-changes due to COVID, shared identity and complains with COVID-19 health regulations.

MSD12345678910111213141516171819
1. Age46.5011.74
2. Gender.48.50–.14**
3. Org D1.09.29.03–.03
4. Org D2.25.43–.03.17**–.18**
5. Org D3.60.49.04–.14**–.39**–.71**
6. Occ D1.51.50–.04–.04.05.13**–.12**
7. Occ D2.32.47.01.17**.02–.05.00–.73**
8. Occ D3.06.24.04–.12**–.08**–.09**.13**–.27**–.18**
9. Full-time.75.44–.07*–.09**.10**.00–.06*.11**–.10**–.01
10. Contract type.93.25.16**–.02–.00–.08**.07**.01.01–.04.19**
11. Tenure12.7110.57.45**–.09**.08**.05–.08**.05–.08**.05.08**.17**
12. Hrs worked36.6010.27.00–.08**.01–.05.06*.07*–.05.01.33**.08**.03
13. Job change.08.28.12**–.04–.01–.04.06*.02–.03.00.05.20**.17**.03
14. Quant. JI2.09.98–.12**.04–.10**–.09**.11**–.05.03.03–.06*–.16**–.14**–.02–.13**
15. Qual. JI2.721.04–.12**.08**–.07*.10**–.07**–.01–.01–.01.02–.11**–.05–.01–.11**.64**
16. COVID social contacts change2.061.00–.04–.07*–.09**–.02.08**–.11**.05.07**.02–.04.00.00–.04–.05–.07**
17. COVID workload change3.041.13–.11**.04–.04.04.00.07**–.02–.08**.19**.03–.02.10**.00–.08**–.02.27**
18. COVID decision making change2.94.72–.05–.11**–.02–.07*.07*.07*–.05–.03.08**.06*–.03.02.00–.08**–.14**.35**.30**
19. Identification w the working pop4.08.72.13**.03.03.01.02.04–.01–.02.10**.10**.06*.09**.07**–.14**–.11**–.06*.05.04
20. Compliance w COVID measures3.37.54.10**.10**.02–.02.02.09**–.02–.03–.03.02.06*.00.02.04.04–.22**–.05–.05.14**

[i] Note. Gender (1 = woman, 0 = man), Org D1 = local government employee (1 = yes, 0 = no), Org D2 = public sector employee (1 = yes, 0 = no), Org D3 = private sector employee (1 = yes, 0 = no), Occ D1 = high skilled white collar job (1 = yes, 0 = no), Occ D2 = low skilled white collar job (1 = yes, 0 = no), Occ D3 = high skilled blue collar job (1 = yes, 0 = no), full-time ‘works full-time’ (1 = yes, 0 = no), Contract type (1 = permanent, 0 = not permanent), Job change ‘Job change due to the pandemic’ (1 = yes, 0 = no).

*p < .05, **p < .01.

Table 2

Structural Equation Model unstandardized estimates of changes in work predicting shared identity with the working population and COVID Compliance controlling for nationality and job insecurity.

IDENTIFICATION WITH THE WORKING POPULATIONCOVID COMPLIANCE
BSEBpBSEBp
UK.183.034<.001.195.037<.001
US.179.031<.001.104.038.006
Qualitative job insecurity–.012.021.564.006.025.823
Change of job.028.037.460.055.049.260
Change in social contact–.033.014.020–.101.017<.001
Change in workload.034.012.005.004.014.775
Change in decision making.004.021.842.001.023.950
Quantitative job insecurity–.061.022.006.007.023.764
Identification with the working population.174.044<.001
R20.0620.099
Est/SE Est4.587**5.283**

[i] Note. **p < .001.

Table 3

Results of a 2SLS regression and OLS regression of identification with the working population on COVID compliance.

2SLS –1st STAGE2SLS –2nd STAGEOLS
BSEBpBSEBpBSEBp
UK0.2780.047<.0010.1350.045.0030.2000.037<.001
US0.2090.046<.0010.0470.042.2620.0990.035.005
Qualitative Job insecurity0.0350.024.1510.0240.018.1840.0200.018.266
Change of job–0.1590.068.019–0.0120.054.826–0.0460.052.378
Change in social contact–0.0570.020.005–0.1020.017<.001–0.1160.016<.001
Change in workload0.0650.018<.001–0.0020.015.8980.0100.014.478
Change in decision making0.0040.029.8820.0150.022.5000.0210.022.344
Quantitative Job insecurity–0.0830.025<.0010.0260.021.2060.0070.019.720
Identification with the working population0.2960.088.0010.0860.021<.001
Trust in the Organization (Instrument)0.1900.022<.001
R2.117.084.090
F (9,1311)19.287**13.510**14.429**

[i] Note. **p < .001.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.278 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 11 - 11
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 1, 2024
Published on: Dec 3, 2024
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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