Telework in Baltic Countries during the Pandemic: Effects on Wellbeing, Job Satisfaction, and Work-Life Balance

Amaya Erro-Garcés, Begoña Urien, Giedrius Čyras and Vita Marytė Janušauskienė
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Amaya Erro-Garcés: Departament of Business Management, Public University of Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Begoña Urien: Departament of Psychology, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Giedrius Čyras: Department of Business Technologies and Enterpreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Vita Marytė Janušauskienė: Department of Business Technologies and Enterpreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: As a result of the rapid and unplanned adoption of telework by European companies during the pandemic, specific telework characteristics have arisen. Thus, employees’ experience of telework requires further analysis. Based on the “Living, Working, and COVID-19” results for Baltic countries, this paper studies the effect of telework experience on wellbeing, both directly and mediated by Work-Life balance and job satisfaction, through structural equation modelling. After verifying the significant differences in telework preferences, the model is also tested in high versus low telework preference groups. The main findings corroborate the effect of a positive telework experience on perceived wellbeing, but only indirectly via Work-Life balance. Additionally, data from the group with a high telework preference best fits the proposed model, revealing not only the mentioned indirect effect, but also the direct positive effect of telework experience on wellbeing. Thus, employees with a negative experience of telework during the pandemic will be more reluctant to accept telework over more traditional work arrangements. The implications as well as some limitations to be examined in further studies are also presented.

Keywords: Baltic countries; telework; wellbeing; job satisfaction; work-life balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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