Getting back to the “new normal”: Autonomy restoration during a global pandemic

• Main Authors: ANICICH, Eric M., FOULK, Trevor A., OSBORNE, Merrick R., GALE, Jake, SCHAERER, Michael
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: autonomy; psychological recovery; stress; neuroticism; COVID-19; pandemic; coronavirus; employee well-being; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6589; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7588/viewcontent/Anicich_et_al_JAP2020_autonomy_restoration_during_a_global_pandemic.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We investigate the psychological recovery process of full-time employees during the two-week period at the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Past research suggests that recovery processes start after stressors abate and can take months or years to unfold. In contrast, we build on autonom...