” The day when the Earth stopped ” – How beliefs in the just world
affect emotions and job outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic:
comparisons between Brazil and France
Abstract
The song alluded in the title could be continued by saying that people
around the countries criticised the measures to contain COVID-19.
Beliefs in a just word (BJW) are related with affective reactions
triggered by extreme events. The aim was to test Affective Events Theory
(AET) by analysing to what extent work environments have influence on
affective experience and job outcomes. Participated 449 teleworkers in
Brazil and 236 in France, countries with similar periods of compulsory
telework, but that adopted different policies. Results revel low
positive emotions tend to decrease perceived job satisfaction when BJW
is high in both contexts. Among French teleworkers, it is also true when
we have high negative emotions. BJW directly affects job performance and
satisfaction in Brazil, but it is only valid for job satisfaction in
France. Results offers support for AET and presents how work
environments indirectly influence affective experience and job outcomes.