A temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africa
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Leask, Cristy
Ruggunan, Shaun
Abstract / Description
Orientation: Employee agility and resilience is central to the flourishing of employee and organisational life. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified stressors and added new challenges for employees in South Africa. The study reported here provides a temperature reading of the agility and resilience of South African employees in the context of the pandemic.
Research purpose: The aim of the study is to assess employee agility and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as to assess employee’s responses to COVID-19 in South Africa.
Motivation for the study: The study was motivated by the need to determine the impact of COVID-19 on employees, employee’s response to COVID-19 and employee agility and resilience for permanent employees in South African organisations.
Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used employing quantitative methodologies. A 185 permanently employed respondents from South Africa were conveniently sampled. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data.
Main findings: Whilst respondents reported high resilience and agility capacity , findings also suggest that respondents’ gender, age, upskilling intentions, size of employer, organisational communication and individual renewal strategies influence their resilience and agility behaviours.
Practical/managerial implications: The study prompts a discussion on how practitioners can better serve the wellness agenda of organisational life during sustained periods of organisational stress.
Contribution/value-added: This study extends the theoretical and practical debate on employee agility and resilience within in South African context.
Dataset for: Leask, C. & Ruggunan, S. (2021). A temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 47. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v47i0.1853
Keyword(s)
Employee agility and resilience COVID-19 South Africa Impact of COVID-19 on employeesPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020-11-10
Temporal coverage
2020-06 to 2020-07
Publisher
PsychArchives
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Citation
Leask, C., & Ruggunan, S. (2020). A temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africa. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4323
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Leask, Cristy
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ruggunan, Shaun
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Temporal coverage2020-06:2020-07
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2020-11-10T13:06:12Z
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Date of first publication2020-11-10
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Abstract / DescriptionOrientation: Employee agility and resilience is central to the flourishing of employee and organisational life. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified stressors and added new challenges for employees in South Africa. The study reported here provides a temperature reading of the agility and resilience of South African employees in the context of the pandemic. Research purpose: The aim of the study is to assess employee agility and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as to assess employee’s responses to COVID-19 in South Africa. Motivation for the study: The study was motivated by the need to determine the impact of COVID-19 on employees, employee’s response to COVID-19 and employee agility and resilience for permanent employees in South African organisations. Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used employing quantitative methodologies. A 185 permanently employed respondents from South Africa were conveniently sampled. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Main findings: Whilst respondents reported high resilience and agility capacity , findings also suggest that respondents’ gender, age, upskilling intentions, size of employer, organisational communication and individual renewal strategies influence their resilience and agility behaviours. Practical/managerial implications: The study prompts a discussion on how practitioners can better serve the wellness agenda of organisational life during sustained periods of organisational stress. Contribution/value-added: This study extends the theoretical and practical debate on employee agility and resilience within in South African context.en
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Abstract / DescriptionDataset for: Leask, C. & Ruggunan, S. (2021). A temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 47. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v47i0.1853en
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CitationLeask, C., & Ruggunan, S. (2020). A temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africa. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4323en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/3934
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4323
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychArchivesen
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Is referenced byhttps://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v47i0.1853
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v47i0.1853
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Keyword(s)Employee agility and resilienceen
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Keyword(s)COVID-19en
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Keyword(s)South Africaen
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Keyword(s)Impact of COVID-19 on employeesen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleA temperature reading of COVID-19 pandemic employee agility and resilience in South Africaen
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DRO typeresearchDataen