Heavy-Work Investment: Its dimensionality, Invariance across 9 Countries and Levels before and during the COVID-19’s Pandemic

• Or Shkoler ^[6] ; Edna Rabenu ^[1] ; Muhammad Zahid Iqbal ^[7] ; Filippo Ferrari ^[2] ; Burcin Hatipoglu ^[8] ; Antonio Roazzi ^[3] ; Takuma Kimura ^[4] ; Filiz Tabak ^[5] ; Horia Moasa ^[9] ; Cristinel Vasiliu ^[10] ; Aharon Tziner ^[1] ; Mariana J. Lebron ^[5]
  1. [1] Netanya Academic College

     Netanya Academic College

     Israel

     
  2. [2] University of Bologna

     University of Bologna

     Bolonia, Italia

     
  3. [3] Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

     Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

     Brasil

     
  4. [4] Hosei University

     Hosei University

     Japón

     
  5. [5] Towson University

     Towson University

     Estados Unidos

     
  6. [6] HEC Montréal, Canada
  7. [7] COMSATS University Islamabad,Pakistan
  8. [8] University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
  9. [9] Transilvania University Romania, Braov, Romania
  10. [10] Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

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• Localización: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology, ISSN 1576-5962, Vol. 37, Nº 2, 2021, págs. 67-83
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/jwop2021a8
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La inversion en trabajo duro: Dimensionalidad, invarianza en 9 países y nivel antes y durante la pandemia del covid-19
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  • español

    Los objetivos de este estudio comparativo y semiexploratorio son: 1) arrojar luz sobre las características del constructo relativamente “nuevo” inversión en trabajo duro (ITD) y sus dos dimensiones (compromiso temporal e intensidad del trabajo), 2) ver las diferencias en 9 países relativas a la ITD, 3) analizar el efecto de los parámetros demográficos en la ITD y 4) comprobar la interacción entre ellos y la pandemia del COVID-19 (es decir, antes y durante el mismo). Se recogieron datos de 3,418 empleados de 9 países diferentes: Israel, Rumanía, Japón, EE UU, Paquistán, Italia, Turquía, Brasil y Alemania. Los análisis revelaron, entre otros resultados, que el constructo de ITD es estable en los distintos países y que la inversión media en el trabajo (en tiempo y esfuerzo) es mayor durante la pandemia del COVID-19 que antes de la misma. En la sección de Discusión se resumen los resultados de toda la investigación y se abordan las limitaciones y las propuestas de investigación futura.

  • English

    The goals of the current comparative and half-exploratory paper are to: 1) shed light on the properties of the relatively “new” construct, Heavy-Work Investment (HWI) and its two dimensions – Time Commitment and Work Intensity, (2) assess differences across 9 countries in relation to HWI, (3) gauge the effect of demographical parameters on HWI, and (4) investigate the interaction between them and COVID-19’s pandemic (i.e., before COVID-19, and during the COVID-19 pandemic). Data of 3,418 employees were collected from 9 different countries: Israel, Romania, Japan, USA, Pakistan, Italy, Turkey, Brazil, and Germany. Among other findings, analyses revealed that HWI construct is stable across countries and that the mean investment at work (in the form of both time and efforts) is higher during the COVID-19’s pandemic than before it. Discussion section summarizes the findings of the entire research, and elaborates on limitations and future research suggestions.

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