Post-COVID-19 Challenges for Full-Time Employees in China: Job Insecurity, Workplace Anxiety and Work-Life Conflict

Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees may feel uncertainty at work due to the changed organizational operations and management and perceive the external environment to be more dynamic.Both these perceptions may increase employees’negative emotions and contribute to conflicts between work and life.Drawing from the ego depletion theory,this study aimed to examine the impact of job insecurity during the post-pandemic era on employees’work-life conflicts,and the mediating effect of workplace anxiety in this relationship.Besides,this study also considered the uncertainty of the external macro environment as a boundary condition on the direct and indirect relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflicts.Methods:A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2023 to collect data.MBA students and graduates from business school with full-time jobs are invited to report their perception of job insecurity,work anxiety,perceived environment uncertainty,and work-life conflict.This resulted in 253 valid responses.Data analysis was performed using the SPSS,Amos,and PROCESS.Results:The results showed that:(1)Employees’job insecurity would directly intensify the work-life conflict(B=0.275,p<0.001,95%CI[0.182,0.367]).(2)Employees’workplace anxiety mediates the relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflict(B=0.083,p<0.001,95%CI[0.047,0.130]).(3)The mediating effect of workplace anxiety between job insecurity and work-life conflict exists when perceived environmental uncertainty is high(B=0.049,95%CI[0.011,0.114]),while vanishes when perceived environmental uncertainty is low(B=0.024,95%CI[−0.005,0.068]).Conclusion:Job insecurity combined with perceived environmental uncertainty in the postpandemic era fuels employees’workplace anxiety and work-life conflicts.Post-pandemic trauma lingers,necessitating urgent attention and response.

What impact entrepreneurial intention?Cultural,environmental,and educational factors

Entrepreneurial intention is a key part of entrepreneurship.This paper aims to explore internal and external impact factors on entrepreneurial intention from the perspective of information transfer.It examines how cultural differences,environmental factors,and environmental education affect entrepreneurial intention.A questionnaire-based survey on Chinese and American college students is conducted to verify three hypotheses.The results show that there is no significant difference in entrepreneurial intention level between college students in China and America(American-born Chinese)college students,that individuals’perceived environmental support is positively related to their entrepreneurial intention,and that individuals’entrepreneurial education level is not positively related to their entrepreneurial intention.

感知建成环境对步行幸福感的影响——以哈尔滨市三类街区为例

Pedestrian well-being reflects emotional experience during walking.Analyzing which built environment factors influence pedestrian wellbeing not only helps to improve residents’physical and mental health but also encourages more walking.Based on the data obtained via a questionnaire survey in Harbin,China,a gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT)model is developed to analyze how the perception of the built environment influences pedestrian well-being and to explain the differences across types of neighborhoods(old,new,and mixed).The results show that pedestrian well-being is most influenced by the diversity of daily service facilities,followed by the number of commercial facilities along a street,the accessibility of daily service facilities,and green spaces.Moreover,pedestrian well-being is also influenced by the type of neighborhoods.In new neighborhoods,it is dominated by the accessibility of public transport stations,while in old and mixed neighborhoods,pedestrian well-being is primarily determined by the accessibility of green spaces and the number of green spaces,respectively.Depending on the characteristics of the built environment,different intervention measures are proposed to improve pedestrian well-being and promote walking.