Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.64.3.6
Employees 'attitudes towards work from home - COVID-19 pandemic protection or new-normal possibilities of future work
Ivana Druško
orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-0354
; Dom zdravlja Osječko-baranjske županije, Osijek, Hrvatska
Renata Ecimović Nemarnik
; Dom zdravlja Zagreb Zapad, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of the research is to show the advantages and disadvantages of working from home and its impact on the mental and physical health of employees in order to develop recommendations that would contribute to preserving the health of employees and help the employer to take measures in its domain that can be implemented to preserve health of the employee and his job satisfaction. The study involved 63 respondents, 22 men and 41 women, working. We used a survey questionnaire composed of 30 questions. In the questionnaire, we followed the variables that describe: general information about employees: size and type of employee company, workplace organization, equipment for work from home and its financing, legislation on work from home, psychological consequences of work from home, advantages and disadvantages of at home, the incidence of painful syndromes at work from home, changes in functions and habits at work from home and general satisfaction with working from home.
The results showed that flexibility and the possibility of reconciling private and business life are one of the advantages of working from home, and insufficient social contacts and difficult communication with colleagues at work, disruption of family members, insufficient stimulation of companies and obsolescence of labor regulations from home. We used the advantages and disadvantages of this work as recommendations for employees and employers when working from home.
Therefore, we hope that working from home in the future will not only be an escape from the coronavirus pandemic but also a productive way of working that will save employees and employers time to travel to work, reduce injuries at work, reduce stress and negative consequences and improve current opportunities work of many companies.
Keywords
work from home, working conditions, advantages and disadvantages, recommendations
Hrčak ID:
284164
URI
Publication date:
5.10.2022.
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