Vietnamese living habits, wellbeing and working adaptation in face of COVID-19's strictest lockdown

PurposeThis study explores the impacts of COVID-19's strictest lockdown on Vietnamese citizens' living habits, wellbeing and work-from-home effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a survey questionnaire to gather relevant data from Vietnamese adults during the most recent,...

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Published in:International journal of social economics 2022-07, Vol.49 (8), p.1232-1254
Main Authors: Anh, Dao Le Trang, Nguyen, Quang Thi Thieu, Gan, Christopher, Thai, Tung Duy, Nguyen, Tu-Anh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Employment
Epidemics
Habits
Marital status
Mental disorders
Mental health
Pandemics
Productivity
Provinces
Quarantine
Shelter in place
Social distancing
Well being
Work
Work at home
Work life balance
Working conditions
Working hours
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Summary:PurposeThis study explores the impacts of COVID-19's strictest lockdown on Vietnamese citizens' living habits, wellbeing and work-from-home effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a survey questionnaire to gather relevant data from Vietnamese adults during the most recent, strictest lockdown in their cities/provinces since July 2021. The study employs ordinal regression and mediation models to examine the effects of the strict lockdown difficulties on the changes in living habits, wellbeing and work effectiveness of Vietnamese respondents.FindingsThe empirical result demonstrates that the strictest lockdown adversely affected the living habits of Vietnamese citizens, thus impacting people's wellbeing. Work-from-home lockdown difficulties led to unexpected health issues that bring produce lower working effectiveness.Originality/valueThis is the first study to investigate the changes in citizens' living habits, health and working conditions in adherence to Vietnam's strictest COVID-19 lockdown. This is also the first study to examine the impacts of lockdown difficulties on human wellbeing with the mediating effect of changes in living habits, and the influence of work-from-home lockdown difficulties on work effectiveness, with the mediating effect of lower wellbeing based on the literature. Our study suggests solutions to improve Vietnamese people's health and working productivity during and after a strict lockdown.
ISSN:0306-8293
1758-6712
DOI:10.1108/IJSE-11-2021-0723