Quality of Work and Job Satisfaction Among Health Workers: Moderating Effect of Corona Fear

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to understand the impacts and fallouts of COVID- 19 on health care workers. The effect of social intelligence, emotional stability and optimistic approach are studied on the quality of work of healthcare workers along with identifying how it influenced their job satisfaction. The moderating effect of corona fear is analyzed on the quality of work and job satisfaction. Empirical data derived through face-to-face interactions with 493 health care professionals were used for testing the conceptual framework derived from recent literature. The results indicate that social intelligence, emotional stability and optimism contribute towards quality of life of health care workers. Quality of work shows significant relation with job satisfaction. Corona fear shows the moderation effect, negatively affecting the quality of work.