Abstract
This study aims to investigate the relationships between the COVID-19 phobia experienced by school administrators and their work–family conflict, family–work conflict, and life satisfaction. This descriptive research, designed according to the relational survey model, was conducted with the participation of 356 school administrators. The study data were collected through online questionnaires, and then t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis, and simple linear regression analysis were employed for the statistical analyses. The results revealed that female school administrators experienced greater levels of COVID-19 phobia than their male peers and that COVID-19 phobia is felt more intensely in the psychological and social sub-dimensions. However, female school administrators’ life satisfaction levels were significantly higher than those of male school administrators. In the current study, it was determined that school administrators in the younger age group experienced greater levels of COVID-19 phobia and family–work/work–family conflict than their peers from other age groups. The results of this study revealed a positive and moderate relationship between school administrators’ COVID-19 phobia and their levels of both work–family and family–work conflict. The findings of the study offer significant implications for policy makers in education, showing the importance of developing strategies that will reduce the effects of the pandemic for a more sustainable and efficient employee performance.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is defined as an acute respiratory infection caused by SARS-CoV-2
Since the Q–Q Plot Test results of the data were close to the 45-degree angle, it was concluded that the distribution was normal, and it was decided that parametric tests would be used
While education fulfilled its functions in the economy through schools [59], school administrators played a key role in fulfilling the function of schools [60,61,62]
Summary
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is defined as an acute respiratory infection caused by SARS-CoV-2. This new viral disease, which has and continues to pose a severe threat to global health, is considered the third coronavirus outbreak following Severe Acute. The COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged in late 2019, quickly became a serious global health threat after its rapid spread worldwide following its initial detection in Wuhan, China [5,6,7]. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic, taking into account the spread rate of the virus, its severity in terms of human health impact, the number of countries affected, and the seemingly exponential increase in the number of cases [8,9,10,11]. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic, taking into account the spread rate of the virus, its severity in terms of human health impact, the number of countries affected, and the seemingly exponential increase in the number of cases [8,9,10,11]. 4.0/).
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