EMPLOYEE STRESS IN TIMES OF CRISIS – INFLATION, WAR AND PANDEMIC AS CAUSES OF STRESS Cover Image

STRES PRACOWNIKÓW W CZASACH KRYZYSU – INFLACJA, WOJNA I PANDEMIA JAKO PRZYCZYNY STRESU
EMPLOYEE STRESS IN TIMES OF CRISIS – INFLATION, WAR AND PANDEMIC AS CAUSES OF STRESS

Author(s): Łukasz Stelmaszczyk, Dariusz Brążkiewicz
Subject(s): Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine, Russian war against Ukraine
Published by: Wydawnictwo im. Prof. L.J. Krzyżanowskiego WSM w Warszawie
Keywords: stress; crisis; inflation; COVID-19 pandemic; critical infrastructure; security;

Summary/Abstract: During a crisis, the pressure on employees increases, leading to increased stress. Recent years have been an example of this through high infl ation, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are the crises of the current times. Uniformed services employees have a great role to play during any crises. The subject of this study is to present how crisis phenomena aff ect the stress of employees. The aim of this work is to present the stress of employees, especially uniformed services, resulting from successive waves of crisis covering Poland. In connection with the subject of the research and the purpose of the research, the main research problem arose, which was expressed in the form of the following question: What is the signifi cance of high infl ation, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic on employees’ stress at work and in private life? Deepening a specifi c main research problem required the adoption and solution of specifi c research problems: 1) What conditions of the infl ation crisis had an impact on employees’ stress? 2) How does the war in Ukraine aff ect stress at work related to the operation of critical infrastructure? 3) What was the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stress of uniformed services employees? The available materials were verifi ed by analyzing and critiquing the available literature on the subject.

  • Issue Year: 41/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 173-185
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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