Introduction The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused fear and anxiety around the world. Health care workers are particularly exposed to stress. Fear of COVID-19 and stress can negatively affect job satisfaction. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between fear...

Background: The main aim of this study was to determine whether globalization experience is a predictor of work satisfaction. In addition, we inspected a regression model consisting of globalization experience, job seniority, and goal achievement to determine how much variance in work satisfaction is accounted for by globalization experience. Most the theoretical texts about globalization suggest its negative impact on everyday life. The negative effects are – work–life balance problem, weakening of mechanisms to protect against the fear of death, and uncertainty. Method: 250 office workers participated in the study (M_age = 38.37; 145 females and 105 males). They responded to paper-and-pencil anonymous questionnaires measuring globalization experience, achievement goals, and work satisfaction. Respondents were also asked about their job seniority. We used Spearman’s rho correlations and multiple linear regression to check the basic linear relation between variables, and hierarchical multiple regression to determine which of them is the strongest predictor of work satisfaction. Results: The results indicated that globalization experience (R² change = 0.089; p < .05) is a statistically significant negative predictor of work satisfaction and job seniority (R² change = 0.056; p < .05) while achievement goals (R² change = 0.188; p < .001) are positive predictors of work satisfaction. Conclusion: We concluded that further research on globalization experience is necessary because it is the precursory individualistic approach to globalization research and we obtained a statistically significant yet small relation with work satisfaction in correlation and regression analyses. The presented results are also the rationale for promoting mastery approach goals in the workplace to improve work satisfaction as they are statistically significant positive predictors of it.

Introduction. The outbreak of COVID-19 disease causes severe stress in health care workers, especially nurses.Nurses are at high risk of contracting the disease, as well as an increased risk of developing mental health symptomssuch as fear, anxiety and work-related stress.Aim. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19, risk perception, perceivedthreat and stress in Polish nurses during COVID-19 outbreak.Material and Methods. 106 nurses participated in the study. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Fear of COVID-19 Scale(FOC-6), Risk of Contracting COVID-19 Scale and Perceived Threat of COVID-19 Scale were used in the study.Results. It has been shown that perceived stress, fear of COVID-19, perceived risk and threat are at high level. Allthe variables related to the perception of COVID-19 threat were significantly correlated with the perceived stress.The strongest relationship was between the risk of infection and perceived stress. Risk perception was statisticallysignificant predictor of perceived stress.Conclusions. Polish nurses experience severe stress and perceive COVID-19 as a significant threat for their healthand safety. In addition to protecting medical personnel from infection, nurses experiencing the highest levels ofstress should be given psychological care and support, which could prevent the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health. (JNNN 2021;10(1):3–9)

Background: Based on the person-environment fit model, we examined how occupational stress and job satisfaction are correlated with an intention to leave the current workplace or profession and life satisfaction in two groups of midwives with low and high experience.Participants and procedure: Data were collected between March and December 2022 using a set of psychological questionnaires. Low-experienced mid-wives (n = 152) and high-experienced midwives (n = 174) participated in the study. Multigroup path analysis was used to analyze the data.Results: Research has shown that midwives of varying levels of seniority experience similar levels of general occupational stress, job satisfaction, intentions to leave their current workplace or profession, and life satisfaction. The study found a negative corre-lation between occupational stress and job satisfaction and life satisfaction in both groups. The correlation between job satisfaction and the intention to leave the current workplace or profession was significantly negative only among low-experienced midwives. In high-experienced midwives, the relationship between stress and the intention to leave the current workplace or profession was direct. In the group of low-experienced midwives, links between occupational stress and all outcome variables were completely mediated by job satisfaction.Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that degree of person-environment fit accurately predicts the positive and negative consequences of working conditions for behavior both at work and outside of work. The correlations between stress at work, thoughts of leaving work, and the assessment of well-being differ between low- and high-experienced employees.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed unprecedented stress on healthcare workers (HCWs), potentially affecting their job satisfaction and life satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the role of perceived stress, self-efficacy, and coping strategies as predictors and mediators of well-being among HCWs during the pandemic. Methods: A total of 326 HCWs participated in the study. Perceived stress was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), self-efficacy was assessed with the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), life satisfaction was assessed with the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), job satisfaction was assessed with the Brief Job Satisfaction Scale (BJSS), and coping strategies were assessed with the Mini-COPE. Correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were conducted. Results: HCWs reported elevated stress levels (M ≈ 24), higher than general population norms. Stress was negatively associated with life satisfaction and job satisfaction. Self-efficacy and adaptive coping strategies (acceptance, social support) were positively associated with life and job satisfaction and mediated the relationship between stress and life satisfaction. Helplessness mediated the effect of stress on life satisfaction but not job satisfaction. Conclusions: High self-efficacy and adaptive coping strategies serve as protective factors for HCWs’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions enhancing self-efficacy and promoting acceptance and social support may mitigate stress and improve life and job satisfaction.