Sustainable Work Practices During COVID-19 Crisis

Implementing sustainable work practices during the COVID-19 crisis is crucial for maintaining productivity and well-being. Self-regulation, daily recovery strategies, and effective resource management are highlighted. Explore strategies for frontline workers, those working from home, and those in the workplace to enhance performance and mental health.

• Sustainable work
• COVID-19 crisis
• Self-regulation
• Resource management
• Well-being

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1. How to work sustainably during the COVID-19 crisis Dr Deirdre O Shea, F.Ps.S.I., C.Psychol.Ps.S.I. Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick Deirdre.oshea@ul.ie

2. Working from home Frontline workers Healthcare workers Working in workplace Unemployed

3. What were self-managing (O Shea, Buckley & Halbesleben, 2017) Self THOUGHTS & CONCENTRATION EMOTIONS MOTIVATION PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING Others

4. Stop and start self-regulation (DeBoer, Van Hooft & Bakker, 2011) Start self-regulation Stop self-regulation motivating ourselves to keep going Managing emotions and anxiety Managing work and life with less boundaries Staying focused, concentrating Persistence Maintaining a work day detaching from work

5. S Selection Elective vs loss-based O Optimisation limited resources we need to be careful how we use them! C Compensation (Freund & Baltes, 2002)

6. Daily recovery from work (Sonnentag, 2003) Psychological detachment Mastery Relaxation Control

7. Thank you! deirdre.oshea@ul.ie de Boer, B. J., van Hooft, E. A., & Bakker, A. B. (2011). Stop and start control: A distinction within self control. European Journal of Personality, 25(5), 349-362. Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). The adaptiveness of selection, optimization, and compensation as strategies of life management: Evidence from a preference study on proverbs. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(5), P426-P434. Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Life-management strategies of selection, optimization and compensation: Measurement by self-report and construct validity. Journal of personality and social psychology, 82(4), 642. O Shea, D., Buckley, F., & Halbesleben, J. (2017). Self-regulation in entrepreneurs: Integrating action, cognition, motivation, and emotions. Organizational Psychology Review, 7(3), 250-278. Sonnentag, S. (2003). Recovery, work engagement, and proactive behavior: a new look at the interface between nonwork and work. Journal of applied psychology, 88(3), 518.