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Workplace Well-Being and Intent to Stay by Health Care Workers Reassigned during the First COVID-19 Wave: Results of a Swiss Survey

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  • Ingrid Gilles

    (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University of Lausanne, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Cédric Mabire

    (Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Margaux Perriraz

    (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University of Lausanne, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux

    (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University of Lausanne, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

Our study aimed at investigating the way not having the choice to be reassigned was associated to a poorer experience of reassignment among health care workers (HCWs) during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and indirectly to a lower workplace well-being and reduced intent to stay at the hospital. We also investigated the moderating role of the perceived hospital management responsiveness on these associations. A cross sectional survey was sent to all professionals from 11 hospitals and clinics in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in July 2020. Out of 2811 professionals who completed the survey, 436 were HCWs reassigned to COVID-19 units during the first wave of the pandemic and constituted our analysis sample. Results indicated that hospital management responsiveness moderated the association between lack of choice and reassignment experience, indicating that the more HCWs perceived responsiveness, the less the lack of choice affected their experience of reassignment and thus their intent to stay and workplace well-being. Lack of choice during reassignments can reduce intent to stay and workplace well-being, in particular if hospital management is not perceived to be responsive during the crisis. Attempts by hospital management to find solutions, such as flexibility in working hours or extraordinary leaves, can alleviate the perceived constraints of reassignment and be considered signs of responsiveness from hospital management.

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  • Ingrid Gilles & Cédric Mabire & Margaux Perriraz & Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, 2021. "Workplace Well-Being and Intent to Stay by Health Care Workers Reassigned during the First COVID-19 Wave: Results of a Swiss Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:17:p:8976-:d:622193
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    1. Isolde Martina Busch & Michela Rimondini, 2021. "Empowering Patients and Supporting Health Care Providers—New Avenues for High Quality Care and Safety," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-5, September.

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