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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Sondhof, Anke | Muschalla, Beate; 1; *
Affiliations: Psychotherapy and Diagnostics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Prof. Dr. Beate Muschalla, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Psychotherapy and Diagnostics, Humboldtstraße 33, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]; ORCID: 0000-0001-5285-6618 LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/drbeate-muschalla-76026771.
Note: [1] Shared first authorship.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Critical life events affect personal and professional lives, change working conditions, and require specific coping strategies. Wisdom is a multidimensional capacity for coping with life problems. Since wisdom can best be investigated in relation to concrete settings and problems, we investigated research employees during a pandemic. Research employees are constantly occupied with uncertainty and problem-solving in their everyday work. Thus, they develop capacities for factual and problem-solving knowledge which can be applied in different situations. OBJECTIVE: This study examines to what extent which wisdom capacities are applied by research personnel when dealing with changed working conditions. METHOD: During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2021, researchers were asked about work-related coping capacities in an online survey. The qualitative content analysis of the free-text responses of 131 research employees was based on a multidimensional wisdom model with 12 wisdom capacities. RESULTS: 50% of the reported coping strategies referred to factual and problem-solving capacities, 40% to interpersonal or emotional capacities, 10% did not reflect any wisdom capacity. Associations between wise coping capacities, social behavior at work, and eudaimonic well-being emerged. CONCLUSION: The study provides concrete qualitative examples of specific behavioral capacities in which wisdom may be applied in a work setting.
Keywords: Mental health, skills, behavior, job, employee
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-230054
Journal: Work, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-10, 2024
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