Home Office, Health Behavior and Workplace Health Promotion of Employees in the Telecommunications Sector during the Pandemic

Zoltán Tánczos (), Borbála Bernadett Zala, Zsolt Szakály, László Tóth and József Bognár
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Zoltán Tánczos: Department of Recreation, Hungarian University of Sports Science, H-1123 Budapest, Hungary
Borbála Bernadett Zala: Doctoral School of Sports Sciences, Hungarian University of Sports Science, H-1123 Budapest, Hungary
Zsolt Szakály: Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary
László Tóth: Department of Psychology and Sport Psychology, Hungarian University of Sports Science, H-1123 Budapest, Hungary
József Bognár: Institute of Sport Science, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, H-3300 Eger, Hungary

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: Our study aims to present the perception and experiences of employees at a large multinational telecommunications company in Hungary working in home offices, as well as their health behavior and the workplace health promotion during the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 outbreak. The sample consisted of the full sample of highly skilled employees at a large telecommunication multinational company (N = 46). Throughout the analysis, tests for homogeneity of variance were followed by a MANOVA test to compare the groups’ means by gender, age, and job classification. The results clearly show that in the short term, workers’ mental health did not deteriorate, they do not argue or fight more with their partners and are no more depressed or irritable than before. Workers are less likely to think of ways to be more effective at work than in a home office. Similarly, they do not think that employers have more expectations than before the pandemic. Our research shows the assumption about home workers being less efficient or less diligent in their daily work to be false. A supportive and flexible employer approach to health-conscious employees will be an essential aspect in the future.

Keywords: work health promotion; fitness; mental health and wellness in home office; multinational companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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