Abstract
In Romania, like in many other European countries, schools and universities were closed and classes were transferred entirely online at the beginning of March 2020, due to the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak, declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In the context of drastic changes and uncertainty, teachers across Romania had to face the challenges of transferring lectures online. The small window of time left to adapt to new technologies, along with other stressors, called into question their work engagement and performance, as key factors for the sustainability of the educational system. An approach based on the dimensions of induced stress, resilience behavior, professional support, and work engagement was implemented to highlight the impact of socio-professional changes during the COVID-19 on the activity of 400 teachers from Romania. The designed construct was validated and subsequently a model was proposed, by using factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The article brings updated information on the complex relationship between stress and resilience in the case of employees from the area of education. Among other results, the present research highlights the structure of work engagement and the mediating role of professional support in the relationship between stressors and resilience mechanisms.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development
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