Managing employees’ health, safety and anxiety in a pandemic

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Title

Managing employees’ health, safety and anxiety in a pandemic

Creator

Theresa Obuobisa-Darko

Description

Purpose
This paper identifies and discusses the strategies adopted by a manufacturing company to manage its national and international employees' anxiety, health and safety with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, to fill a current research gap.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses the qualitative method to identify the strategies employed by a manufacturing company to manage its employees' anxiety, health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thematic analysis of data from fourteen semi-structured interviews is presented.
Findings
Results from the data analysed show that five strategies that help manage employees' health, safety and anxiety are - enhanced communication, formulation and enforcement of policies, rules and regulation, education and training, and management commitment. The findings indicate that the implementation of these strategies does not lead to a negative effect and …

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Limited

Date

2022

Source

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=FrXAX-kAAAAJ&citation_for_view=FrXAX-kAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC

Language

English