The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Job Satisfaction: A Mediated Moderation Model Using Job Stress and Organizational Resilience in the Hotel Industry of Taiwan

Overview

Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2022 Mar 28

PMID 35342829

Authors

Shao-Cheng Cheng

Yu-Huan Kao

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected businesses worldwide, including the hotel industry in Taiwan. This study aims to explore the influence of the perceived threat of COVID-19 on job satisfaction. SPSS software was used for data analysis, and the PROCESS macro was used to test the mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation hypotheses. An online survey (n = 681) was conducted on hotels in Taiwan in 2021, and the results indicate that job stress activation has a mediating effect on employees' job satisfaction and the hotels' business performances. Moreover, organizational resilience has a moderating effect on job stress. This study contributes theoretically to a better understanding of the factors that determine the impact of traumatic events such as a pandemic on people's mental health. This study suggests that interventions may be carried out to minimize the pandemic's negative psychological consequences. The implications of this study are also applicable to hoteliers in other affected countries.

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