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COVID fear and work-family conflict: a moderated mediated model of religiosity, COVID stress and social distancing

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  • Shabana Naveed
  • Rab Nawaz Lodhi
  • Muhammad Usman Mumtaz
  • Faisal Mustafa

Abstract

Purpose - Based on the arguments of conservation of resource theory (COR), this study aims to investigate the mechanism underlying the linkage of COVID fear, work-family conflict (W-FC) and family-work conflict (F-WC) while investigating the mediating role of COVID stress and social distancing. The study also tests the moderating role of religiosity in these relationships. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 401 survey responses from doctors and university teachers are collected through online and personally administrated questionnaires. Partial least square-based structural equation modeling technique is applied using Smart PLS software. Findings - This study finds that COVID fear has a positive and significant impact on COVID stress and social distancing while religiosity negatively impacts COVID fear. Further, COVID stress and social distancing mediates the relationships between COVID fear and W-FC/ F-WC. However, the study found that COVID stress is a more effective mechanism as compared to social distancing in explaining the mediation process. It is also found that religiosity significantly moderates the nexus between COVID stress and both W-FC and F-WC negatively. Practical implications - Findings imply that the teachers, as well as doctors, must be immediately be provided with the proper facilitation to maintain their work from home operations with the best of the institutional facilities. Moreover, the recruitment policy in such professions can also consider religious practices to be the indicators of problem-solving and stress management in such a challenging context. Originality/value - This study provides timely and novel insight into the interplay between the domains of work and family during the period of stressful COVID outbreak. By distinguishing W-FC and F-WC, it provides a detailed understanding of the process during the COVID period. The groundbreaking finding in the research is with the moderation of religiosity.

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  • Shabana Naveed & Rab Nawaz Lodhi & Muhammad Usman Mumtaz & Faisal Mustafa, 2021. "COVID fear and work-family conflict: a moderated mediated model of religiosity, COVID stress and social distancing," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 45(8), pages 1060-1078, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-05-2021-0348
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-05-2021-0348
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