Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Heavy Work Investment in Romania

Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Heavy Work Investment in Romania

Alina Simona Tecău, Cristinel Petrișor Constantin, Radu Constantin Lixăndroiu, Ioana Bianca Chițu, Gabriel Brătucu

This paper analyzes aspects specific to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on theworking population in Romania, from the perspective of heavy work investment. Issuesrelated to workload, overwork, work engagement, workaholism and performance in workwere considered. A survey based research was conducted using several scales widely testedin studies on heavy work investment with the data being processed in SPSS. The results ofthe research reveal a negative impact on the components of heavy work investment (timeand effort). For all measured aspects, there were decreases in work investment during thepandemic, with negative effects on respondents' attitudes towards personal workperformance. Based on the research results, the main proposal for the business environmentis to stimulate employees for achieving a higher level of work engagement which can leadto increased work performance. This can also be achieved by adopting policies to reduceovertime.

2020

covid-19, work engagement, Work Performance, heavy work investment, work addiction (workaholism), excessive working time, dashboard online

10.24818/EA/2020/S14/1049

Amfiteatru Economic

Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest

Business, Economics as a science