Factors Influencing Employees' Subjective Wellbeing and Job Performance During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: The Perspective of Social Cognitive Career Theory

Tzai-Chiao Lee; Michael Yao-Ping Peng; Lin Wang; Hao-Kai Hung; Din Jong

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.577028

Factors Influencing Employees' Subjective Wellbeing and Job Performance During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: The Perspective of Social Cognitive Career Theory

Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 3:12:577028. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.577028. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Tzai-Chiao Lee¹, Michael Yao-Ping Peng², Lin Wang², Hao-Kai Hung³, Din Jong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Accounting and Auditing, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning, China.
² School of Economics & Management, Foshan University, Foshan, China.
³ Department of Business Administration, Yango University, Fuzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Digital Design and Information Management, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan.

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease that emerged at the end of 2019 began threatening the health and lives of millions of people after a few weeks. However, social and economic problems derived from COVID-19 have changed the development of individuals and the whole country. This study examines the work conditions of Taiwanese versus mainland China employees, and evaluates the relationship between support mechanisms and subjective wellbeing from a social cognitive career theory perspective. In this study, a total of 623 Taiwanese questionnaires and 513 mainland China questionnaires were collected to compare the two sample groups in terms of the development of employees' subjective wellbeing. The results show that the Taiwanese sample had more significant development paths compared to mainland China employees in terms of prior knowledge, perceived organizational support, self-efficacy, employee employability, subjective wellbeing, and job performance. Finally, based on the conclusions, this study proposes some specific suggestions on theoretical mode for future studies.

Keywords: employee employability; job performance; perceived organizational support; prior knowledge; self-efficacy; subjective well-being.