The Physical Environment in Remote Working: Development and Validation of Perceived Remote Workplace Environment Quality Indicators (PRWEQIs)

Alessandro Lorenzo Mura (), Silvia Ariccio, Teresa Villani, Flavia Bonaiuto and Marino Bonaiuto
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Alessandro Lorenzo Mura: Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Silvia Ariccio: Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Teresa Villani: Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, 00196 Rome, Italy
Flavia Bonaiuto: Faculty of Economics, Universitas Mercatorum, 00186 Rome, Italy
Marino Bonaiuto: Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more organizations have implemented remote working, resulting in a partial overlap between home and work environments. This study aimed to develop a tool named Perceived Remote Workplace Environment Quality Indicators (PRWEQIs) to study the impact of the remote work environment on worker well-being. A preliminary 20-item version was developed. In Study 1, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted on a sample of remote students (N = 521); the results were confirmed in Study 2 through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on a sample of remote workers (N = 463). The final 15-item PRWEQIs include five indicators, Acoustic comfort, Visual comfort, Quality of the furnishings, Safety, and Space usability, and a second-order factor referring to General perceived comfort. The scale constitutes an initial instrument for assessing the perception of the physical-spatial qualities of the remote working environment.

Keywords: spatial-physical comfort; remote working; sustainable workplace; remote studying; scale development and validation; perceived comfort; PRWEQIs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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