Can Your Boss Help You Get Through Covid-19?
Well, not likely. But according to a new study, the right kind of boss can help reduce stress , and increase engagement and pro-social behavior in their workers who were anxious about COVID-19, according to newswise.com. “A global pandemic can lead some people to think about their own mortality, which will understandably make them more stressed and less engaged at work,” the web site quotes Jia (Jasmine) Hu , lead author of the study and associate professor of management and human resources at The Ohio State Unive rsity’s Fisher College of Business . “But business leaders who are attentive to employees’ emotional needs and unite them behind a common purpose made a positive difference and helped workers stay engaged at work and contribute to their communities.” Several studies verified this. One study involved 163 workers at an information technology company in eastern China who filled out surveys twice a day over three ...