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www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.03014 1 2023 • Vol. 13 • 03014 QUIET QUITTING: A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR GLOBAL HEALTHCARE As the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us did not expect it to so profoundly affect all aspects of human life. Sudden decisions on social isolation rules and lockdowns significantly disrupted labour in all sectors and industries, beyond the scope of the global health crisis. Consequently, companies and employees rapidly adopted remote working models. This led many employees to recognize the benefits of remote work, such as flexibility, comfort, and work-life balance [1]. However, job and wage inequities, increased workload, and role conflicts have also emerged frequently in the business world. This altered and disrupted employees’ work attitudes, habits, and behaviours, resulting in burnout, turnover intention, and disengagement. Consequently, many people in both scenarios have started resigning from their existing positions, including tens of millions of individuals in the US. This movement, rapidly termed “The Great Resignation”, has occupied media headlines and spread rapidly beyond the US, including, but not limited to, Europe and Asia – albeit to a lesser extent. Indeed, European authorities claimed that employment participation rates were above pre-pandemic levels. A similar, albeit smaller effect was observed in Asia [2].