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. 2023 Jun 24;9(8):FSO879.
doi: 10.2144/fsoa-2023-0057. eCollection 2023 Sep.

A survey to explore the psychological and professional impact of change imposed by COVID-19

Mona Boudabbous  1   2 , Nada Charfi  3   2 , Héla Gdoura  1   2 , Lassad Chtourou  1   2 , Manel Moalla  1   2 , Leila Mnif  1   2 , Ali Amouri  1   2 , Mohamed Maalej  3   2 , Nabil Tahri  1   2
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A survey to explore the psychological and professional impact of change imposed by COVID-19

Mona Boudabbous et al. Future Sci OA. .

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; change management; comprehension; information; participation; readiness; resistance.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest disclosure The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.

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Figure 1.. Distribution of participants according to the influence of the change on their behavior at work.
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