Data on how job satisfaction and perceived value of CSR demotivate undesirable job habits during a crisis

Ut Lon Im; Wilson Cheong Hin Hong; Erdan Ma; Cindia Ching Chi Lam; Leyi Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108520

Data on how job satisfaction and perceived value of CSR demotivate undesirable job habits during a crisis

Data Brief. 2022 Oct:44:108520. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108520. Epub 2022 Aug 5.

Authors

Ut Lon Im¹, Wilson Cheong Hin Hong¹, Erdan Ma², Cindia Ching Chi Lam³, Leyi Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Tourism Management and School of Hospitality Management, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Colina de Mong Ha, Macao S.A.R., China.
² School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 237 Longquan Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650221, China.
³ School of Continuing Education, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Colina de Mong Ha, Macao S.A.R., China.

Abstract

This dataset was collected one year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic from December 2020 to January 2021 in Macao Special Administrative Region, China. The aim was to investigate the behaviour changes of employees working in the service industry under the stress of pandemic, and the roles of job satisfaction and corporate social responsibility (CSR) as individual and organizational mediators respectively at alleviating undesirable job habits. Data collection was done both offline and online due to stringent pandemic preventive measures during the collection period. Respondents of this survey included employees in different sectors of the service industry, for instance, travel agencies, hotels, casinos, food and beverage, and retails. A total of 895 responses were collected, in which 23 responses were removed during data cleaning, and 872 responses were retained in the dataset. The dataset can serve as the base of reference for future studies on employee habit change, both within and under crisis. It can also serve as a reference for future studies that examined effective ways of minimizing negative job habit changes that ensued from crises.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Crisis; Escape Habit; Habit Change; Pandemic; Stress.