A Forced Vacation? The Stress of Being Temporarily Laid Off During a Pandemic

Autor:	Scott Schieman, Quan Mai, Philip Badawy, Ryu Won Kang
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Sociology and Political Science
Zdroj:	Work and Occupations. 50:255-283
ISSN:	1552-8464 0730-8884
Popis:	A million Canadian workers suddenly became temporarily laid off (TLO) early into the pandemic. How did this affect mental health? Guided by the Stress Process Model (SPM), we would expect that this job disruption should increase psychological distress. However, given the unique context surrounding the early period of the pandemic, we advance the forced vacation hypothesis, which argues that those who became TLO would—at least initially—report lower levels of distress. To address this puzzle, we use a mixed-methods approach combining a national longitudinal survey dataset and in-depth interviews. Our quantitative analyses reveal that individuals who were TLO had lower distress in April 2020 compared with their peers who continued working. Our interviews uncover several potential explanations for these patterns. The findings provide an elaboration to the SPM as the pandemic context altered the meaning of being TLO, making it feel like a “forced vacation”—at least initially.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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