Software professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: Factors affecting their mental well-being and work engagement in the home-based work setting

Tokdemir, Gül

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2022.111286

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“…A Turkey based research points out that, as of now, the home setting is not only for the domain of life but has become a place for work and a school for children. The results pointed out that the WFH concept had led to overworking and an increased number of meetings and reports which raised concerns regarding the physical and mental health of individuals [ 5 ]. This had adversely affected the work domain of employees as it diminishes the productivity of work.…”

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“…With the pandemic affecting globally, individuals had to shift their workspaces to their homes. According to a Turkey based study, Tokdemir [ 5 ] affirms that the change of the workspace too will affect the balance between work and life domains. Simply, this is because both the domains are under operation in the home environment, where it is now a workplace, a school, as well the space for the entire family and their activities.…”

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“…Hence, it means that they have the possibility to practice WFH for the foreseeable future. Linking this to the concept of work-life balance, past research studies specify that in a WFH setting, it may be impractical for a software engineer to switch off the laptop at the end of the work shift and transition to personal life in a home-based working arrangement [ 5 ], making it harder for them to achieve work-life balance.…”

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Towards work-life balance or away? The impact of work from home factors on work-life balance among software engineers during Covid-19 pandemic

Weerarathna

Rathnayake²,

Yasara³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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The paradigm shifts of conventional office spaces for virtual workspaces which practiced Work from Home (WFH) due to Covid-19, created a serious change in the lifestyles of employees, due to the overlap of ‘work’ and ‘life’ domains in one’s life. Since software engineers have a possibility of permanently adapting into WFH, the objective of this study is to unveil factors which would have a significant impact on the work-life balance of software engineers in Sri Lanka, while WFH. Only a very limited researches have shed light on this context, thereby this study would contribute to fill the empirical gap. The study undertook a quantitative approach by collecting primary data through a questionnaire from 384 participants, based on simple random sampling, and analyzing collected data based on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM), using Smart PLS 3.3.9 software. Study results revealed that ‘supervisor’s trust and support’ and the ‘individual workspace,’ have a significant impact on work-life balance, while ‘working conditions,’ ‘possibility to access the organization’s networks’ and ‘number of children’ have no such significant impact. Thereby the study infers that, sound support and trust extended by supervisors and a designated distraction-free workspace; as measures to demarcate the boundary of work and life. Distinctive findings of this study would primarily be fruitful for software engineers to dive into a balanced state of work and life not only during Covid-19 but in future too. Study findings will also contribute to software industry personnel and policymakers in Sri Lanka as well as other developing countries, to establish effective strategies in favor of software engineers who WFH. Further, considering IT industry’s significant contribution towards Sri Lanka’s economic growth amidst Covid-19, results of this study would be high-yielding to indirectly succor IT-services-supported economic growth amidst the pandemic-driven hardships in Sri Lanka.

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Towards work-life balance or away? The impact of work from home factors on work-life balance among software engineers during Covid-19 pandemic

Weerarathna

Rathnayake²,

Yasara³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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“…(2021) demuestra que esto también sucede en empresas dedicadas a las tecnologías de la información. Al igual que el estudio de Tokdemir (2022), ambas demuestran que, incluso para este tipo de trabajadores, la migración al modelo virtual afecta en su bienestar: las reuniones de coordinación aumentan, la conciliación entre labores del hogar y el laboral se dificulta y muchas veces la jornada laboral se extiende para alcanzar los objetivos de producción.…”

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“…La transformación de las condiciones de trabajo es habitual en la era moderna, pues se busca actualizar los procesos productivos para aumentar su rentabilidad. La pandemia obligó a muchas empresas a que esto se realice un plazo demasiado corto, afectando sobre todo a personas mayores (Vesga et al, 2021;Rožman y Milfelner, 2022; e, incluso, a aquellos ya acostumbrados a trabajar con softwares (Surshana et al, 2021;Tokdemir, 2022). De esa manera, tanto el contexto extralaboral como el laboral afecta el bienestar del empleado, es decir, en su estabilidad mental y en su sensación de seguridad.…”

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Compromiso laboral en sector privado a partir de la pandemia por covid-19: una revisión sistemática

Arteaga

Limo

2022

Ciencia Latina

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La presente investigación tiene por objetivo analizar la situación del conocimiento científico publicado sobre el compromiso laboral en el sector privado a partir de la pandemia por covid-19. El compromiso laboral es la actitud que tiene el empleado hacia los objetivos de la empresa, ejecutando de manera activa el cumplimiento de sus funciones en beneficio de la entidad que lo ha contratado. Durante la pandemia, las condiciones laborales cambiaron, afectando el modelo de trabajo, la salud física y mental del trabajador y generando un nuevo contexto de valoración de las actitudes de la empresa. Para analizar las aproximaciones al tema, se utilizó como metodología la investigación bibliográfica a fin de realizar una revisión sistemática de la literatura existente. Se incluyeron 31 artículos científicos, los cuales fueron divididos en tres secciones de acuerdo al subtema abordado: virtualidad del trabajo, bienestar del empleado y el soporte brindado por la empresa. Una de las conclusiones fue que el contexto pandémico ha tenido una gran repercusión en la salud mental de empleado, lo cual ha causado un efecto negativo en el compromiso laboral en el sector privado.

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Improving Employee Well-Being of Members of Information Systems Project Team Through Trust

Mtsweni

2024

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Software professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: Factors affecting their mental well-being and work engagement in the home-based work setting

Cited by 24 publications

References 183 publications

Towards work-life balance or away? The impact of work from home factors on work-life balance among software engineers during Covid-19 pandemic

Towards work-life balance or away? The impact of work from home factors on work-life balance among software engineers during Covid-19 pandemic

Compromiso laboral en sector privado a partir de la pandemia por covid-19: una revisión sistemática

Improving Employee Well-Being of Members of Information Systems Project Team Through Trust

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