Helping Brings Wellbeing: Volunteering as Professional Stress Reliever During COVID-19 Pandemic: https://doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2023.1.23683

Derson da S. Lopes-Jr; Cristina  Zukowsky -Tavares; Thiago  da Silva Gusmão Cardoso; Marco Antonio  Figueiredo Milani Filho

Helping Brings Wellbeing: Volunteering as Professional Stress Reliever During COVID-19 Pandemic

https://doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2023.1.23683

Authors

Derson da S. Lopes-Jr Amazonia Adventist College (Faculdade Adventista da Amazônia, FAAMA), Brazil; State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-8733
Cristina Zukowsky -Tavares Brazil Adventist University (UNASP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8137-3962
Thiago da Silva Gusmão Cardoso Unifesp, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-5219
Marco Antonio Figueiredo Milani Filho Unicamp (State University of Campinas), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-5105

Abstract

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 brought a considerable change in the way of working and in people's daily lives, causing, in addition to the health problems of the virus, stress in professional activity. This article aims to analyze whether volunteering practice can mitigate professional stress found during the social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A digital survey was applied, reaching 966 respondents. Linear regression methodology was used. Results showed individuals who practiced volunteering before the pandemic and managed to keep practicing it during the social isolation demonstrated greater capacity to delimit their roles at home and obtained lower rates of professional stress, calculated from the sum of variables related to work demand and autonomy in the activities. The study demonstrated that investments in corporate social responsibility and volunteering can bring benefits to the employees, and consequently, organizational wellbeing.

Keywords: pandemic, volunteering, occupational stress.

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Published

2023-01-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023): rPOT N1/2023

Section

Empirical Research Reports

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