TELEWORKERS’ PERCEPTION OF WELL-BEING AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Elisabeta Butoi (), Anca Ramona Fenesan () and Cristina Ioana Balint ()
Additional contact information
Elisabeta Butoi: Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Anca Ramona Fenesan: Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cristina Ioana Balint: Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA, 2022

Abstract: Few Romanian companies implemented remote work before the pandemic breakdown. The employees’ experience with telecommuting started or for some increased suddenly in 2020 due to the lockdown restrictions. Therefore, the focus of this study was to examine the perception of employees from the perspective of well-being and work-life balance during telework. The quantitative approach was applied in the case of two companies and data was collected through a survey. The findings identified the influence of isolation from colleagues and friends on the state of loneliness which could lead to depression or tension, additionally affecting anxiety. These than are linked to the well-being and work-life balance of teleworkers. In reverse the state of calm and relaxation, and the condition of being active and energetic boost the employees’ well-being. Also, the relaxed home working environment that could also include pets and time spent on personal activities enhance the work-life balance. Thus, the results emphasize the respondents’ preference for telecommuting is the outcome of their awareness of work-life balance and well-being.

Keywords: work-life balance; well-being; remote work; anxiety; depression; WHO-5; Covid-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M15 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://tbs.ubbcluj.ro/RePEc/bbn/journl/Negotia_4_2022.pdf Revised version, 2022 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bbn:journl:2022_4_4_butoi

Access Statistics for this article

JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA is currently edited by Cornelia Pop

More articles in JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA from Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Business Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Cornelia Pop ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).