Determinants of Work Engagement Among Teachers in the Context of Teleworking

Obrad, Ciprian; Circa, Cristina

doi:10.24818/ea/2021/58/718

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“…The datasets employed by the present research and its outcomes are consistent with other recent empirical studies from the literature that indicate that the COVID-19 health crisis turned out to be an exceptional force in the speeding up the trend of telework adoption across EU countries [3,4,[51][52][53][54]. Although emergency actions, which were put into operation in order to avoid SARS-CoV-2 proliferation among employees, were able to bring about a long-expected shift in terms of the settling down of "working-from-home practices", a set of drivers responsible for the degree of telework adoption were mentioned both by the pre-and post-pandemic literature [3,4,8,16,20,30,54].…”

Section: General Overview On the Degree Of Telework Embracement By Groups Of Eu Countriessupporting

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Using Neural Networks in Order to Analyze Telework Adaptability across the European Union Countries: A Case Study of the Most Relevant Scenarios to Occur in Romania

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Coculescu

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Our study addresses the issue of telework adoption by countries in the European Union and draws up a few feasible scenarios aimed at improving telework’s degree of adaptability in Romania. We employed the dataset from the 2020 Eurofound survey on Living, Working and COVID-19 (Round 2) in order to extract ten relevant determinants of teleworking on the basis of 24,123 valid answers provided by respondents aged 18 and over: the availability of work equipment; the degree of satisfaction with the experience of working from home; the risks related to potential contamination with SARS-CoV-2 virus; the employees’ openness to adhering to working-from-home patterns; the possibility of maintaining work–life balance objectives while teleworking; the level of satisfaction on the amount and the quality of work submitted, etc. Our methodology entailed the employment of SAS Enterprise Guide software to perform a cluster analysis resulting in a preliminary classification of the EU countries with respect to the degree that they have been able to adapt to telework. Further on, in order to refine this taxonomy, a multilayer perceptron neural network with ten input variables in the initial layer, six neurons in the intermediate layer, and three neurons in the final layer was successfully trained. The results of our research demonstrate the existence of significant disparities in terms of telework adaptability, such as: low to moderate levels of adaptability (detected in countries such as Greece, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Italy); fair levels of adaptability (encountered in France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, or Romania); and high levels of adaptability (exhibited by intensely digitalized economies such Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc.).

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Section: General Overview On the Degree Of Telework Embracement By Groups Of Eu Countriessupporting

confidence: 86%

Using Neural Networks in Order to Analyze Telework Adaptability across the European Union Countries: A Case Study of the Most Relevant Scenarios to Occur in Romania

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“…The effect of COVID-19 on education, virtual teaching, and telework has been significant; limited knowledge and resources have made remote learning a serious challenge [42]. Research reports note that due to their prior work experience, lecturers in universities grew accustomed to new technologies and teaching remotely more quickly than their counterparts in elementary and secondary education institutions [43]. This fact highlights the importance of viewing traditions with criticality and accepting innovations in education.…”

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“…Particular challenges were observed in countries needing to update their technological infrastructure, e.g., Romania, Indonesia, Latin American countries, etc. Education communities in these areas had to find solutions on how to provide means and conditions for adequate social interaction without modern means of communication [43,45]. However, even in advanced countries, education professionals sought various opportunities to implement innovations in order to improve the education process.…”

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“…However, even in advanced countries, education professionals sought various opportunities to implement innovations in order to improve the education process. Adapting to the use of new technologies for work proved to be of the utmost importance [43]. For instance, sports teachers started to implement innovative teaching methods while teaching both remotely and at schools [46].…”

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“…Research has also shown that teachers younger than 44 years of age had a higher risk of psychological disorders while those over 44 had a higher risk of physical disorders [18,47]. Neuropsychological disorders are influenced by the mandatory additional effort required to organize education activities [43]. It is important to note that women's mental health has been harmed more due to the COVID-19 restrictions than men's [40].…”

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Telework Experience of Pedagogues during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strong Learning Seniors and Relaxed Leaders?

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Lučinskaitė-Sadovskienė

Gardziulevičienė³

2021

Education Sciences

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Due to the wide application of remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundations of the education system have been shaken; education has entered a new era of teaching and learning on digitalized platforms. How do pedagogues evaluate their experiences when information technologies have become the main axis of carrying out their work? What impact did telework have on pedagogues as employees of an education institution or as individuals? What could be expected from older pedagogues in the shift to using digital means of teaching? These were the main questions raised in this research, the results of which are presented in this article. This research is original because the differences in experiences of telework were studied not only in terms of age and nature of work (professional/leader) but also the type of education institution. This delineation is of key importance in understanding the virtual work challenges faced by pedagogues in schools, professional education institutions, colleges, and universities.

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Motivation of Teleworkers and Non-teleworkers in Times of COVID-19 in Spain: An Exploratory Study Using Non-parametric Analysis and Classification and Regression Trees

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With the outbreak of COVID-19 in spring 2020, small, medium, and large companies were forced to cope with the unexpected circumstances. Faced by this health emergency, it was necessary to ensure that staff remained motivated and that they could continue to carry out their duties despite the obstacles. The main goal of this exploratory research was to characterize employees who teleworked and who did not, and their motivation during the lockdown. A total of 11,779 workers from different-sized companies in various sectors answered an ad hoc questionnaire. By using non-parametric comparisons and Classification and Regression Trees (CRTs), the results show differences in both the assessment of strategies put into practice by the companies and the level of motivation of teleworkers and non-teleworkers, with the latter being more highly motivated. Nonetheless, teleworkers assessed their companies’ strategies and the role of their managers and colleagues more positively. This research helps to understand how different sectors have dealt with the crisis, according to the degree of teleworking implemented in each sector, and to what extent the motivation of the employees has been affected. The analysis of the large amount of data obtained confirms the importance of the role of managers in sustaining the motivation of their subordinates in times of crisis. In this sense, it is necessary to develop managers’ competencies in order to develop and maintain relations of trust and support with their coworkers. On the other hand, it is necessary to foster employees’ sense of meaningfulness and responsibility at work in order to keep them motivated.

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Determinants of Work Engagement Among Teachers in the Context of Teleworking

Cited by 12 publications

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Using Neural Networks in Order to Analyze Telework Adaptability across the European Union Countries: A Case Study of the Most Relevant Scenarios to Occur in Romania

Using Neural Networks in Order to Analyze Telework Adaptability across the European Union Countries: A Case Study of the Most Relevant Scenarios to Occur in Romania

Telework Experience of Pedagogues during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strong Learning Seniors and Relaxed Leaders?

Motivation of Teleworkers and Non-teleworkers in Times of COVID-19 in Spain: An Exploratory Study Using Non-parametric Analysis and Classification and Regression Trees

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