The change brought about by the pandemic has affected the workforce and the way employees have to deal with their colleagues. Since the government has implemented the lockdown, many companies and agencies re-directed its transactional communication towards telecommuting or also known as work-from-home (WFH) setup. This drastically changed the landscape of the work environment, however, due to exigency of service, some of our fellow Filipinos have to go to offices as an exception to the remote work transaction protocols. Aside from the medical professionals (i.e., doctors, nurses) who are automatically mandated to serve as frontline workers, government employees, particularly those who are in the transacting line, business processes, and administrative offices have to report for work since the need for these sectors to continue with its operations have become more significant especially during a pandemic.
References
Canada,. (2017). Hazards and Risks: OHS Answers. Ccohs.ca. https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/hazard_risk.html
Coombs, W. T., & Holladay, S.J (2010). The Handbook of Crisis Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Covello V.T., Sandman P.M. (2001). Risk communication: evolution and revolution. In: Wolbarst A. (ed). Solutions to an environment in peril. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press; p. 164-78.
Covello, V. T., von Winterfeldt, D., & Slovic, P. (1986). Risk Communication: A Review of Literature. Risk Abstracts, 171–173.
Glik, D. (2007). Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies. Annual Review Of Public Health. 28. 33-54. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144123.
Infanti, J., Sixsmith J., Barry, M., Núñez-Córdoba, J., & Oroviogoicoechea, C., & Guillen-Grima, F. (2013). A literature review on effective risk communication for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in Europe. 10.2900/64747.
McComas, K.A. (2006) Defining Moments in Risk Communication Research: 1996–2005. Journal of Health Communication, 11:1, 7591, DOI: 10.1080/10810730500461091
Messner, F., & Meyer, V. (2006). Flood damage, vulnerability and risk perception–challenges for flood damage research. Perception of Risk Research, 1(1): 15-44. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4598-1_13
Official Gazette. (2020). Omnibus Guidelines On the Implementation of Community Quarantine In the Philippines. https://doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/health-update/omnibus-guidelines-on-the-implementation-of-community-quarantine-in-the-Philippines-0522.pdf
Oltedal, S., Moen, B. E., Klempe, H., & Rundmo, T. (2004). Explaining risk perception. An evaluation of cultural theory. Rotunde publikasjoner.
Paek, H. & Hove, T. (2017). Risk perceptions and risk characteristics. Oxford research Encyclopedia of Communication. Retrieved November 2020 from http://oxforder.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-283.
Palenchar, M.J. (2008). Risk communication and community right to know: A public relations obligation to inform. School of Advertising and Public Relations Publications and Other Works. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_advepubs/
Renn, O., Burns, W. J., Kasperson, J. X., Kasperson, R. E., & Slovic, P. (1992). The Social Amplification of Risk: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Applications. Journal of Social Issues, 48.
Rohrmann, B. (2008): Risk perception, risk attitude, risk communication, risk management: A conceptual appraisal (Keynote). In: The International Emergency Management Society (Ed.), Global co-operation in emergency and disaster management – 15th TIEMS Conference booklet
Rosa, E. A. (1998a). Metatheoretical foundations for post-normal risk.
Rosa, E. A., Renn, O., & McCright, A. M. (2015). The risk society revisited social theory and governance. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Scherer, C. W. and Cho, H. (2003). A Social Network Contagion Theory of Risk Perception. Risk Analysis, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.261-267
Sheppard B., Janoske, M., & Liu, B. (2012). Understanding Risk Communication Theory: A Guide for Emergency Managers and Communicators. Report to Human Factors/Behavioral Studies Division, Science and Technology Doctorate, US Department of Homeland Security.
Sjöberg, L. (2004). Explaining Individual Risk Perception: The Case of Nuclear Waste. Risk Management, 6(1), 51-64.
Strekalova Y.A. (2017). Health Risk Information Engagement and Amplification on Social Media. Health Educ Behav, 44(2):332-339. doi: 10.1177/1090198116660310
Wachinger, G. & Renn O. (2010). Risk Perception and Natural Hazards. CapHazNet WP3 Report, DIALOGIK Non-Profit Institute for Communication and Cooperative Research, Stuttgart.
Wisner, B., Blaike, P., Cannon, T., & Davis, I. (1994). At Risk: Natural Hazards, People Vulnerability and Disasters 1st edition. DOI: 10.4324/9780203428764.
