Determinants of Employees Option for Preserving Teleworking After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Georgiana-Camelia, Georgescu (Cretan); Gherghina, Rodica; Ioana, D Olaru; Anca, Postole; Constantinescu, Carmen Maria

doi:10.24818/ea/2021/58/669

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“…Obviously, the benefits of teleworking will influence employees' decision to work in this system in the future (Moretti et al, 2020;Georgescu (Cretan), Gherghina, Duca, Postole, & Constantinescu, 2021). These advantages had mainly a major impact on the work-family balance (Palumbo, 2020), among which we can mention: the flexibility of the program, quality time spent with the family, elimination/decreasing of stress and fatigue generated by time spent in traffic.…”

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How Digitalization, Work-Family Balance, and Work Efficiency Can Influence Employees' Preferences for Teleworking in the Future

Dimian¹,

Gheorghe²,

Boldeanu³

et al. 2023

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During Covid-19 pandemic many employees found themselves in the new position of teleworkers. Proof of the last years, teleworking remains an alternative to the classic system, reason why in this paper we aim to examine, based on an online questionnaire, the perceptions of Romanian employees about the very complex aspects that teleworking involves: the new ICT tools and technologies adoption, impact on work efficiency, work-family balance, and employees physical and mental health. The paper is based on an empirical analysis of data, and the authors have used as research methods: testing the independence of groups (Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis) and the correlation between variables, categorical principal components analysis (CATPCA) and logistic regression model. Our findings show that several factors, such as flexible working hours, family time, and autonomy have a positive influence on the decision to telework, while IT security risks, interruptions and virtual meetings were not perceived by respondents as negatively influencing their decision to telework. However, the consequences for mental health, such as mental stress, lack of socialisation and the difficulty of separating working time from family time, lead respondents to prefer another working system. The implications of the research are relevant for policy makers, employers, and employees as they reveal which categories of employees are more likely to telework and why.

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How Digitalization, Work-Family Balance, and Work Efficiency Can Influence Employees' Preferences for Teleworking in the Future

Dimian¹,

Gheorghe²,

Boldeanu³

et al. 2023

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“…WFH has been introduced in professions where it was originally considered impossible, and it is predicted that people will continue working from home more and more (Vander Elst et al, 2020). The desire to work from home may depend on various factors, such as profession, age, family, or experience (Georgescu et al, 2021). The probability of continuing WFH seems to be more likely among people experiencing greater productivity and working at the middle and lower levels of the organization in such industries as ICT, consulting, or administration (Wong et al, 2021).…”

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Working from home during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic: Employee reflections from the Czech Republic

Šafránková,

Šikýř

2024

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Research background: Working from home (WFH) has become the norm for many people around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has accelerated the implementation of WFH and has raised questions about its further use. Purpose of the article: The article analyzes the experience of employees in the Czech Republic with WFH during the coronavirus pandemic to identify perceived benefits, difficulties, skills, and conditions related to WFH, assess the employee desire to work from home depending on their industry, age, and gender, and propose actions for further use of WFH beyond the coronavirus pandemic. The statistical verification of the dependence of the desire of employees to work from home beyond the coronavirus pandemic on their industry, age, and gender is integral to the analysis. Methods: The analysis is founded on data from the authors' online questionnaire survey conducted from December 2021 to September 2022. Responses from 480 employees who experienced WFH during the coronavirus pandemic in the Czech Republic are analyzed. Statistical non-parametric methods for the analysis of nominal data are used to verify defined hypotheses. Findings & value added: A research gap concerning the further use of WFH in the Czech Republic and elsewhere by considering the employee experience is met. The findings have revealed the desire of more than half of surveyed employees to continue working from home part-time to achieve reasonable work-personal-family well-being. The desire turned out to be dependent on the employees' industry. Within further use, WFH should be taken as a specific work pattern for suitable professions and individuals with adequate organizational and technical support. Three matters concerning performance agreement, work environment, and self-management are proposed to enhance work-personal-family well-being and thus job satisfaction and productivity of homeworkers. The findings and proposals can help any theorist and practitioner interested in WFH.

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“…A deciding factor in telework is also the age of the workers [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Thus, the theoretical arguments identified in some research support the idea that human resource practices, such as teleworking, flexible working hours or work-life balance, could be effective in discouraging older workers that may be replaced by young people to leave an organization voluntarily [ 37 ].…”

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Teleworking—An Economic and Social Impact during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Data Mining Analysis

Belostecinic

Mogoş

Popescu

et al. 2021

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The health crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has induced, among other things, an increase in the importance of remote work or teleworking (TL) in the current period. The objective of this research is to identify the economic and social impact of telework in changing the behavior of employees in Romania. The research was conducted approximately one year after the onset of the pandemic until the beginning of the vaccination period in Romania. The research proposed includes three main directions of analysis of the extracted data, which are related to telework efficiency, this being considered one of the most important indicators for a company. In order to obtain conclusive results, we used a mixed methodology, combining results obtained through a survey based on a self-administered electronic questionnaire, with a data mining analysis. Detailed analysis of the groups identified based on work efficiency allowed us to highlight the most common employee profiles. This analysis was doubled by a second classification experiment, which provided us a more detailed analysis of the groups identified based on job satisfaction and highlighted the most common employee profiles. The expansion of telework in various economic areas is a result of adaptation to the new economic and social conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Determinants of Employees Option for Preserving Teleworking After the COVID-19 Pandemic

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How Digitalization, Work-Family Balance, and Work Efficiency Can Influence Employees' Preferences for Teleworking in the Future

How Digitalization, Work-Family Balance, and Work Efficiency Can Influence Employees' Preferences for Teleworking in the Future

Working from home during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic: Employee reflections from the Czech Republic

Teleworking—An Economic and Social Impact during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Data Mining Analysis

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How Digitalization, Work-Family Balance, and Work Efficiency Can Influence Employees' Preferences for Teleworking in the Future

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