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Remote, Hybrid, and On-Site Work during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and the Consequences for Stress and Work Engagement

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  • Antoni Wontorczyk

    (Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Kraków, Poland)

  • Bohdan Rożnowski

    (Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland)

Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic having disrupted economies, businesses, and individual activities, it is important to examine how different forms of work affect employee behaviour. This study applies work engagement (the key construct in organisational psychology) as the dependent variable and considers its determinants in the form of stress factors and attitudes toward remote work. A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 544 (Female = 58.5%) workers were surveyed: remote ( n = 144), hybrid ( n = 142), and on-site ( n = 258). The selection for the study was purposive. Standardised survey questionnaires were used in the study: UWES-9, Stress Management Standards, and Attitudes toward Remote Work. The obtained results indicate that there were no significant differences between groups in terms of the intensity of work engagement, but work engagement was explained by other variables that are different in each of the studied groups. Relationships and use of social media were the most important factors among remote workers. For on-site workers, the most important factors were control and role definition. For practitioners, the results indicate which aspects of work should be considered in order to maintain high levels of work engagement when employees are transferring to other forms of work.

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  • Antoni Wontorczyk & Bohdan Rożnowski, 2022. "Remote, Hybrid, and On-Site Work during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and the Consequences for Stress and Work Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-22, February.
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