Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan

The current study assesses the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on tourism workers in Jordan between mid-March 2020 and June 2021 by investigating corona threats, financial impacts, resources impacts, social isolation, depression and personal control experienced by tourism workers duri...

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Main Authors: Mukhles M. Al-Ababneh, Firas J. Al-Shakhsheer, Ma'moun A. Habiballah, Mohammad B. Al-Badarneh
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Language:English
Published: University of the Algarve - ESGHT - CIEO 2022-04-01
Series:Tourism & Management Studies
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Online Access:https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1678
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Firas J. Al-Shakhsheer
Ma'moun A. Habiballah
Mohammad B. Al-Badarneh
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description The current study assesses the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on tourism workers in Jordan between mid-March 2020 and June 2021 by investigating corona threats, financial impacts, resources impacts, social isolation, depression and personal control experienced by tourism workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the threats of corona, financial impacts, resources impacts, social isolation, depression and personal control affect workers’ personal health and well-being. A quantitative survey method was applied by using a questionnaire. Data were collected from a sample of 400 workers from the tourism sector in Jordan. The study’s hypotheses were tested by using the Smart Partial Least Square (PLS) 3.3.3 Statistical Software. The findings of the study revealed that tourism workers are financially strained, socially isolated, psychologically depressed, uncontrolled their self, and have limited resources as a result of their dread of the pandemic and its negative impacts. It was also found that a significant negative direct effect of perceived coronavirus threats, financial impacts, resources impacts, and social isolation on workers’ depression and personal control, which in turn had a significant influence on workers’ personal health and well-being. In addition, this study proposed a model of the influence of coronavirus threats and its impacts on workers’ personal health and well-being, whereby workers’ depression and personal control fully mediate these relationships. The current study offers additional insights on the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on tourism workers’ personal health and well-being.
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spelling doaj-art-3c962014cd054623b58ea54ff8bc7bb82025-01-08T11:38:57ZengUniversity of the Algarve - ESGHT - CIEOTourism & Management Studies2182-84662022-04-011821938Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan Mukhles M. Al-Ababneh0Firas J. Al-Shakhsheer 1Ma'moun A. Habiballah 2Mohammad B. Al-Badarneh 3Al-Hussein Bin Talal UniversityAl-Hussein Bin Talal University Al-Hussein Bin Talal UniversityYarmouk University The current study assesses the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on tourism workers in Jordan between mid-March 2020 and June 2021 by investigating corona threats, financial impacts, resources impacts, social isolation, depression and personal control experienced by tourism workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the threats of corona, financial impacts, resources impacts, social isolation, depression and personal control affect workers’ personal health and well-being. A quantitative survey method was applied by using a questionnaire. Data were collected from a sample of 400 workers from the tourism sector in Jordan. The study’s hypotheses were tested by using the Smart Partial Least Square (PLS) 3.3.3 Statistical Software. The findings of the study revealed that tourism workers are financially strained, socially isolated, psychologically depressed, uncontrolled their self, and have limited resources as a result of their dread of the pandemic and its negative impacts. It was also found that a significant negative direct effect of perceived coronavirus threats, financial impacts, resources impacts, and social isolation on workers’ depression and personal control, which in turn had a significant influence on workers’ personal health and well-being. In addition, this study proposed a model of the influence of coronavirus threats and its impacts on workers’ personal health and well-being, whereby workers’ depression and personal control fully mediate these relationships. The current study offers additional insights on the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on tourism workers’ personal health and well-being.https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1678coronavirus (covid-19) threatsfinancial impactsresources impactssocial isolationdepressionpersonal controlpersonal healthwell-beingtourism workersjordan
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Ma'moun A. Habiballah
Mohammad B. Al-Badarneh
Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
Tourism & Management Studies
coronavirus (covid-19) threats
financial impacts
resources impacts
social isolation
depression
personal control
personal health
well-being
tourism workers
jordan
title Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
title_full Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
title_fullStr Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
title_short Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Workers’ Health and Well-being in Jordan
title_sort assessing the impact of the covid 19 pandemic on tourism workers health and well being in jordan
topic coronavirus (covid-19) threats
financial impacts
resources impacts
social isolation
depression
personal control
personal health
well-being
tourism workers
jordan
url https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1678
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