Impact of teleworking on job satisfaction among Slovakian employees in the era of COVID-19
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.19(3).2021.01
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The COVID-19 pandemic, which became a global crisis in 2020, has radically transformed people’s normal lives in a matter of weeks. In addition to the health consequences, the virus has had a significant impact on the society and the economy, including the labor market. The present study aims to assess how traditional working has been transformed into teleworking in Slovakia. The study examines whether Slovakian workers are satisfied with teleworking. The questionnaire survey was conducted in December 2020 during the second wave of the coronavirus in Slovakia. Based on the obtained results, a significant relationship between teleworking satisfaction and salary satisfaction, supervisory support, and job autonomy was found. Based on the obtained results, teleworking introduced due to the coronavirus had a clear positive effect on job satisfaction of the examined Slovakian employees. As a result of teleworking, the relationship between manager and subordinate has improved, and work-life balance has also developed favorably.
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This study was funded by the Pallas Athéné Foundations.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)E24, J28, J81
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- Table 1. The advantages and disadvantages of teleworking
- Table 2. The benefits of telecommuting, according to respondents
- Table 3. Logistic regression model on job satisfaction
- Table 4. Model summary
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