Abstract:

Some occupational groups, especially those with a high rate of contact with people, have been more affected by this process, where the coronavirus emerging in Wuhan province of China turned into a huge pandemic in a short time.This research is also on prison guards working in penal institutions, who are thought to have intense human interaction among professional groups in the fight against the epidemic and whose working hours are thought to have increased considerably during this period, and who need to make more effort to improve both the peace of the society and the hygiene and safety conditions of their institutions compared to other occupational groups. has been made. In the study, it was investigated whether the work stresses had a mediating effect on determining the Covid 19 fear levels of the warders and the effect of this fear on their work performance. In this context, data was collected from the prison guards working in penal institutions operating in the Istanbul region through a questionnaire and the obtained data was analyzed with various methods using the SPSS 22 package program. When the results were examined, it was concluded that job stress levels did not have a mediating effect on the effect of the fear of Covid 19 perceived by the warders on their work performance.

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