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- Title
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organizational Behavior and Mental Health of Employees in Higher Education Institutions.
- Authors
Pavlova, Sanja
- Abstract
The motive for writing this article is to connect the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizational behavior and mental health of employees in higher education institutions. Such as, the impact that this pandemic has on every segment of the functioning of one higher education institution. In January 2020, the world saw the spread of a new virus known as Covid-19. The impact of this virus has produced a pandemic that has spared no country27. In course of COVID-19 pandemic, learning and teaching environments soon started to change on a dramatic scale for all stakeholders, like students, teachers, educational leaders, educationalists, due to the restriction strategies adopted and imposed by national governments in many parts of the world28. Organizational behavior in higher education often has a standard structure, such as Rector, Vice- Rector for teaching, Dean, Vice Dean, Full Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Teaching assistant and others administrative figures. All these individuals are responsible for setting the tone in the institution, especially in times of changes, such as pandemic of COVID-19. Lack of leadership or ethics can come from the very top, which can create fractures in the institution. From the beginning of online teaching in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, all staff was under a high degree of stress.They were faced with the enormous challenge of adapting to the new way of realizing teaching. Teaching work is stressful, which means experiencing negative emotions like anger, anxiety, tension, frustration, depression. Changes in teaching methods and the lack of guidance for new teaching challenges have created great uncertainty in this sector.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; HEALTH behavior; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; COVID-19 pandemic; MENTAL health; ANGER management; JOB stress
- Publication
South East European Journal of Sustainable Development, 2023, Vol 7, Issue 3, p35
- ISSN
2545-4463
- Publication type
Article