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ArticleBMC public health2021

No one is safe! But who's more susceptible? Locus of control moderates pandemic perceptions' effects on job insecurity and psychosocial factors amongst MENA hospitality frontliners: a PLS-SEM approach.

Ali B Mahmoud, William D Reisel, Dieu Hack-Polay, Leonora Fuxman

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Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali B MahmoudSt. John's University, New York, USA. elguitarrista@live.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3790-1107
William D ReiselSt. John's University, New York, USA.
Dieu Hack-PolayCrandall University, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Leonora FuxmanSt. John's University, New York, USA.
St. John's University · USCrandall University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe research aimed to formulate and test a model concerning COVID-19 perceptions effects on job insecurity and a set of psychosocial factors comprising anxiety, depression, job burnout and job alienation in the Middle East and North African (hereafter, MENA) regional context. Also, the study attempted to examine whether locus of control can moderate these hypothesised linkages amongst customer service employees working in MENA hospitality organisations.

methodsThe study is based on a sample of 885 responses to an online survey and Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM).

resultsThe main findings show the existence of a significant correlation between COVID perceptions and job insecurity and all psychosocial factors, i.e., more intense COVID-19 perceptions accompany higher levels of job insecurity, anxiety, depression, job burnout and job alienation. Furthermore, our results revealed that, in pandemic time, hospitality customer service employees with external locus of control are more likely to suffer higher alienation, anxiety and depression than those with internal locus of control.

conclusionsThe research originality centres on the establishment that COVID-19 has a severe negative impact within the hospitality customer service labour force (in the MENA region). These effects were more profound for participants who claimed external locus of control than those with internal locus of control.

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COVID-19PandemicsEmploymentHumansInternal-External ControlJob SatisfactionLatent Class AnalysisLeast-Squares AnalysisPerceptionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Hospitality sectorIndividual differencesJob insecurityLocus of controlMiddle EastNorth AfricaPersonalityPsychosocial factors

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