Work engagement and its antecedents in remote work: A person-centered view

IF 5.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Work and Stress Pub Date : 2022-05-30 DOI:10.1080/02678373.2022.2080777

Anne Mäkikangas, Soile Juutinen, J. Mäkiniemi, Kirsi Sjöblom, Atte Oksanen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics associated with employees’ ability to cope with the challenges of remote working as flexible work arrangements are predicted to constitute an increasingly pervasive model of work. More specifically, we investigated job resources specific to remote work and employees’ strengths and behaviours that may be crucial for enhancing work engagement when working outside a traditional office environment. The present study adopted a person-centered approach to investigate work engagement and its antecedents. A sample of 455 employees completed a questionnaire four times across a ten-month period during the enforced remote work occasioned in response to the corona pandemic. The results revealed four distinct work engagement profiles. Most employees (75%) belong to profiles with either average or high levels of work engagement, which remained stable after a slight initial increase. A decrease was observed in 25% of those employees whose work engagement was already low at the study baseline. High levels of organisational support, the functionality of home as a work environment, job-related self-efficacy, and job crafting characterised the profile in which work engagement remained at a high level during the remote work. Implications for practice concerning well-being protective multi-locational work are presented.

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远程工作中的工作参与及其前因：以人为中心的观点

摘要本研究的目的是调查与员工应对远程工作挑战的能力相关的特征，因为灵活的工作安排预计将构成一种越来越普遍的工作模式。更具体地说，我们调查了远程工作特有的工作资源，以及员工在传统办公环境之外工作时可能对提高工作参与度至关重要的优势和行为。本研究采用以人为中心的方法来调查工作投入及其影响因素。455名员工的样本在十个月的时间里完成了四次问卷调查，这是为了应对新冠疫情而强制进行的远程工作。结果显示了四种不同的工作参与情况。大多数员工（75%）属于工作参与度一般或较高的档案，在最初略有增加后保持稳定。在研究基线时工作参与度已经很低的员工中，观察到25%的员工参与度下降。高水平的组织支持、家庭作为工作环境的功能、与工作相关的自我效能感和工作塑造是远程工作期间工作参与度保持在高水平的特征。提出了关于幸福感保护多地点工作的实践启示。

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Work and Stress PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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11.70

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management. It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. The journal publishes empirical reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers. It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations. Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes. The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being. Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance. Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed.