Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and the Role of Obsession, Job Location Selection and the Number of Children in Hospitality Employees
Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and the Role of Obsession, Job Location Selection and the Number of Children in Hospitality Employees

Author(s): Konstantinos Krikonis, Ioannis Konstantaras
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Coronavirus anxiety; Obsession with COVID-19; Job location selection; Hospitality employees
Summary/Abstract: Under the framework of the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping, stress is formulated ultimately from our interaction with the situations we find ourselves in. During COVID-19, hospitality workers experienced high levels of stress due to instability and the constant lack of infection. This survey examines the moderating role of “job location selection” and “number of children” on the direct effect of “obsession with COVID-19” on “Coronavirus anxiety”. To address the above, we utilized “Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM)” on collected data from 403 hospitality employees working seasonally in Greece. The results uncov-ered the dynamic of “job location selection” in reducing the stressor “obsession with COVID-19”, moderating its effect on “Coronavirus anxiety”. Moreover, the “number of children” can negatively affect this relationship adding more anxiety to workers. Such insights can offer practical implications to each worker individually.

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