Research on the influence of telecommuting on psychological well-being, the indirect effects of autonomy, relatedness and competence (SDT) and the interaction of empowering leadership
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2022-06-29
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The shift from working at the office to working from home has its positive as well as negative effects on employees’ well-being. To prevent employees’ well-being from being endangered by telecommuting more research is needed on this topic. Therefore this research examined if there is a relation between telecommuting and psychological well-being. Next to that, to have a better understanding of this relation, the psychological needs autonomy, relatedness and competence (SDT) were elaborated as a mediator. All three needs were found to have a positive indirect effect. Surprisingly, telecommuting related positive with the need for relatedness, unlike the expected negative relation due to a decrease in social contact. Furthermore, since leadership plays an important role in safeguarding employees’ psychological well-being, it was chosen to analyze the influence of empowering leadership in the context of telecommuting. The results have shown a positive relation. Subsequently, it was expected that the degree of experienced empowering leadership would moderate the relation between telecommuting and psychological well-being but this could not be confirmed. To test the hypotheses, data was collected using questionnaires resulting in a sample of 131 respondents with an average age of 29. The sample population approximately telecommuted for 45%.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen