Work schedule flexibility and teleworking were not good together during COVID-19 when testing their effects on work overload and mental health

Frontiers in Psychology

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Jesús Yeves¹  Mariana Bargsted²  Cristian Torres-Ochoa² 

[1] Faculty of Psychology, Diego Portales University;Millennium Nucleus on the Evolution of Work;Psychology School, Adolfo Ibáñez University

关键词: Work schedule flexibility;    teleworking;    Work overload;    Mental Health;    COVID - 19;    new ways of working;    longitudinal study;    Working from home (WFH);   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.998977

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven organizations to implement various flexible work arrangements. Due to a lack of longitudinal studies, there is currently no consensus in specialized literature regarding the consequences of flexible work arrangements on employee mental health, as well any long term potential impacts. Using the Job Demand-Resource Model, this study documents consequences of the implementation of two types of flexible work arrangement: work schedule flexibility and teleworking on employee mental health over time, and the mediating role played by work overload during the accelerated implementation of FWAs in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a longitudinal design and probabilistic sampling, 209 workers participated in this study, twice answering a flexible work arrangement and mental health questionnaire during the pandemic. Findings of this moderated-mediation suggest that work schedule flexibility generates positive effects on mental health over time due to decreased work overload, but only for employees not working from home. These results offer theoretical and practical implications applicable to organizations considering implementation of flexible work arrangements, particularly with regard to how these flexible practices could support a balance between demand and resources, their impact on work overload. and employee mental health over time.

【 授权许可】

CC BY