Does Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Mediate the Relation between Job Demands and Resources and Work Happiness among Home Workers?
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2020-07-03
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This study extends the research on work happiness by examining the differences in job
demands and resources and basic psychological need satisfaction between home workers and
workers at the office during the COVID-19 pandemic. Next to that, the mediating role of
basic psychological need satisfaction between job demands and resources and work happiness
in a home work setting during the COVID-19 pandemic is studied. Workload, social support,
positive feedback, role ambiguity, autonomy satisfaction, competence satisfaction, relatedness
satisfaction and work happiness were measured among a sample from a company in the
Netherlands (N=61) with validated questionnaires. Results indicated that merely relatedness
satisfaction was significantly different between home workers and workers at the office.
Contrary to our expectations, job demands or job resources, as well as competence
satisfaction and autonomy satisfaction, did not differ between home workers and workers at
the office. Work happiness also did not differ between home workers and workers at the
office. Next to that, basic psychological need satisfaction did not mediate the relation between
job demand and resources and work happiness among home workers during the COVID-19
pandemic. A possible explanation could be that basic psychological need satisfaction does not
predict work happiness under unusual circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic. These
results suggest working from home to have little impact on work happiness. Implications are
elaborated in the discussion section.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen