{"title":"A survey to explore the psychological and professional impact of change imposed by COVID-19.","authors":"Mona Boudabbous, Nada Charfi, Héla Gdoura, Lassad Chtourou, Manel Moalla, Leila Mnif, Ali Amouri, Mohamed Maalej, Nabil Tahri","doi":"10.2144/fsoa-2023-0057","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Staff of a department underwent a change following the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to assess the psychological and professional impact of this change.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>This is cross-sectional study, including all department staff conducted from 15 July 2021 to 15 August 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All the staff concerned (n = 36) participated. Only 9.37% declared that they understood the change. The main problem encountered by participants was poor communication (86.2%). More than 75% among participants had a demotivation and 54.5% had resisted. The main cause of resistance was quality of organization (42.4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study illustrates the difficulties encountered by actors involved in organizational change and the high risk of their resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":12568,"journal":{"name":"Future Science OA","volume":"9 8","pages":"FSO879"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10445553/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future Science OA","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2023-0057","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: Staff of a department underwent a change following the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to assess the psychological and professional impact of this change.
Materials & methods: This is cross-sectional study, including all department staff conducted from 15 July 2021 to 15 August 2021.
Results: All the staff concerned (n = 36) participated. Only 9.37% declared that they understood the change. The main problem encountered by participants was poor communication (86.2%). More than 75% among participants had a demotivation and 54.5% had resisted. The main cause of resistance was quality of organization (42.4%).
Conclusion: Our study illustrates the difficulties encountered by actors involved in organizational change and the high risk of their resistance.
期刊介绍:
Future Science OA is an online, open access, peer-reviewed title from the Future Science Group. The journal covers research and discussion related to advances in biotechnology, medicine and health. The journal embraces the importance of publishing all good-quality research with the potential to further the progress of research in these fields. All original research articles will be considered that are within the journal''s scope, and have been conducted with scientific rigour and research integrity. The journal also features review articles, editorials and perspectives, providing readers with a leading source of commentary and analysis. Submissions of the following article types will be considered: -Research articles -Preliminary communications -Short communications -Methodologies -Trial design articles -Trial results (including early-phase and negative studies) -Reviews -Perspectives -Commentaries