Work From Home During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Impact on Employees' Remote Work Productivity, Engagement, and Stress.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 07 2021
01 07 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
23
4
2021
medline:
21
7
2021
entrez:
22
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic made working from home (WFH) the new way of working. This study investigates the impact that family-work conflict, social isolation, distracting environment, job autonomy, and self-leadership have on employees' productivity, work engagement, and stress experienced when WFH during the pandemic. This cross-sectional study analyzed data collected through an online questionnaire completed by 209 employees WFH during the pandemic. The assumptions were tested using hierarchical linear regression. Employees' family-work conflict and social isolation were negatively related, while self-leadership and autonomy were positively related, to WFH productivity and WFH engagement. Family-work conflict and social isolation were negatively related to WFH stress, which was not affected by autonomy and self-leadership. Individual- and work-related aspects both hinder and facilitate WFH during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33883531
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002236
pii: 00043764-202107000-00016
pmc: PMC8247534
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest: nothing to declare.
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