Work from home during the COVID-19 outbreak: the impact on employees' remote work productivity, engagement, and stress
Article
Galanti, Teresa ; Guidetti, Gloria ; Mazzei, Elisabetta ; Zappalà, Salvatore ; Toscano, Ferdinando
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2021
63
7
e426–e432
epidemic disease ; work at home ; telework ; work-life balance ; social impact ; productivity ; stress ; motivation
Work organization
https://dx.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002236
English
Bibliogr.
"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.
Methods:
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.
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
Individual- and work-related aspects both hinder and facilitate WFH during the COVID-19 outbreak."
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