Young Employee Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Polish Case Study

Edyta Bombiak

doi:10.12924/johs2021.17010080

Abstract

Security issues and human lives have always been inseparable. The feeling of security is the basic need of every individual. The outbreak of the pandemic has had major consequences for the operation of enterprises and their employees. The latter have faced a new, unpredictable, and rapidly changing situation, which has increased the level of fear and decreased the perception of security. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the perception of security of young Polish employees. To rate the level of security, the 5-degree Likert Scale was used. Furthermore, an attempt was made to determine whether actions undertaken by employers with respect to employee security improvement have been sufficient, or if it is necessary to expand the scope of support. In the course of analyses, it was established that the pandemic reduced the level of working conditions and economic security and had a negative impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of young employees.

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Security issues and human lives have always been inseparable
The purpose of the research study was to evaluate the level of satisfaction of the broadly understood security need under the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic with reference to:
In the course of analyses, it was established that the Covid19 pandemic had a negative impact on the sense of physical and economic security of the employees in Polish enterprises, and on their health condition

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Security issues and human lives have always been inseparable. The feeling of security is the basic need of every individual. The outbreak of the pandemic has had major consequences for the operation of enterprises and their employees The latter have faced a new, unpredictable, and rapidly changing situation, which has increased the level of fear and decreased the perception of security. The Covid-19 pandemic has been recognized as a permanently, many have had to work remotely, often without global crisis It has had a considerable impact on the op- sufficient training. Those employed in the sectors consideration of national economies and everyday lives of the ered to be key at the time of the pandemic (e.g. healthcare) citizens They have faced a new, unpredictable, and rapidly have been overworked, overstressed, and overexposed to c 2021 by the authors; licensee Librello, Switzerland.

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