Work From Home During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Impact on Employees' Remote Work Productivity, Engagement, and Stress

Overview

Journal J Occup Environ Med

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2021 Apr 22

PMID 33883531

Citations 123

Authors

Teresa Galanti

Gloria Guidetti

Elisabetta Mazzei

Salvatore Zappala

Ferdinando Toscano

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Abstract

Objective: 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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