Psihologijske teme, Vol. 34 No. 3, 2025.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.31820/pt.34.3.3
Working From Home as Necessary but Unusual Arrangement: The Case of Croatian Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Mitja Ružojčić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8751-3367
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Zvonimir Galić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Zagreb, Croatia
Antun Palanović
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Parmač Kovačić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Žnidar
; Prizma CPI, Zagreb, Croatia
* Dopisni autor.
Prilozi: S_Ruzojcic_M_et_al_PT_2025-34-3_Supplement.pdf
Sažetak
We explored the determinants of the psychological experience of working from home (WFH) in a “double” specific context of non-voluntary WFH during the COVID-19 lockdown in Croatia, a country where WFH was a highly unusual arrangement. In two studies, using a nationally representative and a convenient sample, we investigated whether job and personal demands/resources predicted work-life balance (WLB), job performance and well-being of Croatian employees WFH during the lockdown. Our comprehensive operationalization of WLB included work-to-family and family-to-work conflict, the time structure of working days and psychological detachment from work. Both studies showed that WLB, especially time structure, is important for job performance and well-being and that childcare responsibilities act as a personal demand that lowers WLB. Study 2 showed that childcare responsibilities negatively affect job performance and well-being via lower WLB and that conscientiousness, emotional stability and autonomy act as resources that contribute to WLB, job performance, and well-being. We believe that these findings have implications for work organization in circumstances where WFH is necessary but to unusual arrangements such as sudden global or local crises.
Ključne riječi
work from home; crises; work-life balance; job demands-resources
Hrčak ID:
341098
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2025.
Posjeta: 952 *