Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartime
The study examines the impact of institutional mental health support on the career stability of academic staff at Ukrainian universities during the full-scale war, focusing on accessibility, cultural alignment, and tailored mental health initiatives provided by universities. The relevance of this to...
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| author | Natalia Tsybuliak Volodymyr Vakhitov Hanna Mytsyk Hanna Lopatina Maryna Nesterenko Artem Polulyakhov Yuriy Petrushenko |
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| description | The study examines the impact of institutional mental health support on the career stability of academic staff at Ukrainian universities during the full-scale war, focusing on accessibility, cultural alignment, and tailored mental health initiatives provided by universities. The relevance of this topic arises from the unprecedented stressors affecting academic members in higher education institutions, who face both personal and professional challenges. A cross-sectional analytical design was employed, using an online survey distributed among 429 academic staff members. The findings reveal that nearly half of the respondents frequently contemplate changing careers, highlighting substantial job instability. Accessible mental health support is associated with a 6% decrease in career change intentions, while a supportive institutional culture further reduces these intentions by 8-9%. Notably, self-help practices emerged as the most effective support mechanism, associated with a 12% reduction in career change intentions. These findings suggest that institutions can improve retention by prioritizing and promoting accessible self-help initiatives. The study underscores the importance of structured mental health support in fostering resilience within the academic community, with implications for policy and practice in war-affected educational environments.
AcknowledgmentThe research teams acknowledge the Armed Forces of Ukraine for providing safety during their research and credit their perseverance and courage for making this possible. Natalia Tsybuliak is grateful to the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, for support in implementing the research.This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as part of the state-funded research project 0123U105351, “Ukrainian universities in new realities: the impact of war and mechanisms for preserving the scientific and human resource potential for training specialists in high-tech fields.” |
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| spelling | doaj-art-151131467b024ea18c0a11efc62e521f2025-01-29T14:55:35ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672025-01-0123272310.21511/ppm.23(2-si).2025.0221490Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartimeNatalia Tsybuliak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-8614Volodymyr Vakhitov1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-1590Hanna Mytsyk2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-416XHanna Lopatina3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-6853Maryna Nesterenko4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-5910Artem Polulyakhov5https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3171-9154Yuriy Petrushenko6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-7577Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine; Visiting Researcher, UNET Project at ZOiS, Centre for East European and International Studies, GermanyPh.D. in Economics, Director, Institute for Behavioral Studies, American University Kyiv, UkrainePh.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, UkrainePh.D. in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy, Faculty of Preschool, Special and social Education, Berdyansk State Pedagogical UniversityPh.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Department of Primary Education, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, UkraineSenior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, UkraineD.Sc., Professor, International Economic Relations Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine; Fulbright Scholar, Salisbury University, USAThe study examines the impact of institutional mental health support on the career stability of academic staff at Ukrainian universities during the full-scale war, focusing on accessibility, cultural alignment, and tailored mental health initiatives provided by universities. The relevance of this topic arises from the unprecedented stressors affecting academic members in higher education institutions, who face both personal and professional challenges. A cross-sectional analytical design was employed, using an online survey distributed among 429 academic staff members. The findings reveal that nearly half of the respondents frequently contemplate changing careers, highlighting substantial job instability. Accessible mental health support is associated with a 6% decrease in career change intentions, while a supportive institutional culture further reduces these intentions by 8-9%. Notably, self-help practices emerged as the most effective support mechanism, associated with a 12% reduction in career change intentions. These findings suggest that institutions can improve retention by prioritizing and promoting accessible self-help initiatives. The study underscores the importance of structured mental health support in fostering resilience within the academic community, with implications for policy and practice in war-affected educational environments. AcknowledgmentThe research teams acknowledge the Armed Forces of Ukraine for providing safety during their research and credit their perseverance and courage for making this possible. Natalia Tsybuliak is grateful to the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, for support in implementing the research.This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as part of the state-funded research project 0123U105351, “Ukrainian universities in new realities: the impact of war and mechanisms for preserving the scientific and human resource potential for training specialists in high-tech fields.”https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/21490/PPM_2025_02(si)_Tsybuliak.pdfacademic staffinstitutional supportmental healthUkraineuniversitywar |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Tsybuliak Volodymyr Vakhitov Hanna Mytsyk Hanna Lopatina Maryna Nesterenko Artem Polulyakhov Yuriy Petrushenko Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartime Problems and Perspectives in Management academic staff institutional support mental health Ukraine university war |
| title | Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartime |
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