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The mind, the heart, and the leader in times of crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered mortality salience relates to state anxiety, job engagement, and prosocial behavior.
J Appl Psychol. 2020 Nov; 105(11):1218-1233.JA

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disruptive event devastating to the workplace and the global community. Drawing on terror management theory, we develop and test a model that explains how COVID-19-triggered mortality salience influences employees' state anxiety and their responses at and outside work. We conducted an experience sampling method study using employees from an information technology firm in China when COVID-19 was surging there and two experiments using employees from a variety of industries in the United States when it became a new epicenter of the global outbreak. Results from 3 studies largely supported our theoretical hypotheses. Specifically, our research showed that mortality salience concerning COVID-19 was positively related to employees' state anxiety (general anxiety in Study 1 and Study 2 and death-specific anxiety in Study 3). Our studies also found that servant leadership is particularly crucial in guiding employees with state anxiety associated with COVID-19 mortality salience to be engaged in their jobs and to contribute more to the broader community. Our findings offer timely, valuable implications for theory and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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Hu J
Department of Management and Human Resources.
He W
Department of Human Resource Management.
Zhou K
Department of Business Administration.

MeSH

AdultAnxietyAttitude to DeathBetacoronavirusCOVID-19ChinaCoronavirus InfectionsFemaleHumansLeadershipMalePandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Social BehaviorWork Engagement

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

33030924

Citation

Hu, Jia, et al. "The Mind, the Heart, and the Leader in Times of Crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered Mortality Salience Relates to State Anxiety, Job Engagement, and Prosocial Behavior." The Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 105, no. 11, 2020, pp. 1218-1233.
Hu J, He W, Zhou K. The mind, the heart, and the leader in times of crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered mortality salience relates to state anxiety, job engagement, and prosocial behavior. J Appl Psychol. 2020;105(11):1218-1233.
Hu, J., He, W., & Zhou, K. (2020). The mind, the heart, and the leader in times of crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered mortality salience relates to state anxiety, job engagement, and prosocial behavior. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(11), 1218-1233. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000620
Hu J, He W, Zhou K. The Mind, the Heart, and the Leader in Times of Crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered Mortality Salience Relates to State Anxiety, Job Engagement, and Prosocial Behavior. J Appl Psychol. 2020;105(11):1218-1233. PubMed PMID: 33030924.
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