Will Healthcare Workers Withhold Effort During Communicable Disease Outbreaks? An Interactive Effect of Pay Satisfaction and Perceived Organizational Support
Olusola Stella Popoola 
& Gladys Manyi Ashu
Issue: Vol.6 No.9 Article 27 pp.2116 – 2126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256927 | Published online 28th August, 2025
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Perceived Organizational Support, Pay Satisfaction, Withholding of Effort, Healthcare Workers, Dual Practice
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Olusola Stella Popoola is a scholar in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her work explores how gender, organizational effectiveness, and workplace experiences shape employee resilience and wellbeing. Passionate about connecting research with real-world impact, she is known for translating psychological insights into practical strategies that help organizations thrive.
Dr. Gladys M. Ashu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the Walter Sisulu University. She holds a Ph.D. in Peace Studies from the North West University. Her research interests are in the areas of gender politics, social cohesion, critical realism, and community engagement. She has supervised and successfully graduated more than 25 Honours and 10 Master’s students. She is also an external examiner to several universities in South Africa, where she has moderated Honours, Master’s, and Doctorate research projects. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters; attended and presented papers at both local and international conferences and seminars. Ashu has reviewed several applications for the NRF fellowship and peer-reviewed manuscripts for journals and edited books. Her academic membership, among others, includes the South African Education Research Association (SEARA) and the Peace & Justice Studies Association.
Popoola, Olusola Stella, and Gladys Manyi Ashu. “Will Healthcare Workers Withhold Effort During Communicable Disease Outbreaks? An Interactive Effect of Pay Satisfaction and Perceived Organizational Support,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 6, no. 9 (2025): 2116 – 2126, https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256927.
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