Abstract
Measurement of job stress and employees’ commitment are few of the admired topics in the corporate world amongst business writers. With a principal aim to trial the blow of exposure to COVID-19 patients on doctors’ job stress and commitment, in Pakistan; data have been collected through 7-10 min telephonic interview from voluntary participants and a sample of 129 responses were analyzed by Structure Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) path modeling through Smart PLS 3.2. The results of the study indicated; direct positive & significant impact of Extent of Exposure on Job Stress while direct negative, significant association with Commitment. Job Stress also observed having direct negative impact on commitment. The Extent of Exposure-Job Stress relationship was also found stronger among group of doctors having Low level of Perceived Organizational Support and weaker among group of doctors having High level of Perceive Organizational support. Perceived Organizational Support showed a moderating effect on the Extent of Exposure-Job Stress relationship; while, Social Support showed no moderation. Researchers are required to investigate more and management of the medical services providers (both hospitals and government) needs to focus on doctors’ perception about Organizational Support, as doctors show no concern about the support from society as long as their well-being is cared for by respective hospitals. This study is an effort to stimulate more empirical evidence towards the treating and handling of COVID-19 patients and the psychological well-being of doctors.
Highlights
In Pakistan, the number of patients with COVID-19 has dramatically increased since 26 February 2020, when the first patient of COVID-19 was identified
The results of this study suggest that caring for COVID-19 patients may have an adverse effect on the psychological well-being of the health of doctors
The extent to which doctors were exposed to COVID-19 patients as part of their role was significantly and positively associated with job stress at work
Summary
In Pakistan, the number of patients with COVID-19 has dramatically increased since 26 February 2020, when the first patient of COVID-19 was identified. The main objective of the current study was to examine the stress that doctors feel about their own health situation during their interaction with COVID-19 patients in Pakistan. As per the theory of reasoned action, it is generally thought that. Job Stress (JS) would be mounting along with health workers, among doctors, because of their interaction with COVID-19 patients, as one of the few main possible reasons. Job Stress (JS) can be an outcome of both interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects, such as a poor work environment, severe family conditions, and fear of the risk of accidental infection during the interaction process, and inappropriate personal coping strategies that can cause chronic stress. Public Health 2020, 17, 7961; doi:10.3390/ijerph17217961 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
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