When the home becomes our office - The relation between personality, perceived work engagement and work life balance during a new wave of work from home
(2021) PSYP01 20211Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The trend of virtual work and work from home have been rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main questions for this study were whether the five major personality factors could predict the individual's perceived levels of work engagement and work life balance during work from home, at present and over time. The relationships were tested using scales for big five personality traits, work engagement and work life balance. All of the questions in the latter two were asked twice, one for the current time and one for the initial time of working from home. This was to construct a variable that represented difference over time. Results showed, among other things, that the personality trait conscientiousness (.33***) significantly... (More)
- The trend of virtual work and work from home have been rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main questions for this study were whether the five major personality factors could predict the individual's perceived levels of work engagement and work life balance during work from home, at present and over time. The relationships were tested using scales for big five personality traits, work engagement and work life balance. All of the questions in the latter two were asked twice, one for the current time and one for the initial time of working from home. This was to construct a variable that represented difference over time. Results showed, among other things, that the personality trait conscientiousness (.33***) significantly positively predicts current perceived work engagement, while openness significantly predicted higher work engagement (.16*) and work life balance (.17*) at the beginning of the pandemic compared to now, hence, a reduction over time. The results can be of great relevance when trying to distinguish differences in work engagement and work life balance between personalities depending on where you work from. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Trenden med virtuellt arbete och arbete hemifrån har snabbt accelererats av Covid-19-pandemin. De huvudsakliga frågorna för denna studie var huruvida de fem stora personlighetsfaktorerna kunde förutsäga individens upplevda nivåer av arbetsengagemang och balans i arbetslivet kring deras hemarbete, i nuläget och under perioden av det senaste året. Detta gjordes genom ett online-frågeformulär med skalor för femfaktorsmodellen, upplevt arbetsengagemang och för upplevd balans i arbetslivet. Samtliga frågor i de två senare ställdes två gånger, en för nuvarande tid och en för hemarbetets start. Detta för att kunna konstruera en variabel som representerade skillnaden över tid. Resultaten visade bland annat att personlighetsdraget samvetsgrannhet... (More)
- Trenden med virtuellt arbete och arbete hemifrån har snabbt accelererats av Covid-19-pandemin. De huvudsakliga frågorna för denna studie var huruvida de fem stora personlighetsfaktorerna kunde förutsäga individens upplevda nivåer av arbetsengagemang och balans i arbetslivet kring deras hemarbete, i nuläget och under perioden av det senaste året. Detta gjordes genom ett online-frågeformulär med skalor för femfaktorsmodellen, upplevt arbetsengagemang och för upplevd balans i arbetslivet. Samtliga frågor i de två senare ställdes två gånger, en för nuvarande tid och en för hemarbetets start. Detta för att kunna konstruera en variabel som representerade skillnaden över tid. Resultaten visade bland annat att personlighetsdraget samvetsgrannhet (.33***) positivt predicerade nuvarande upplevt arbetsengagemang, medan öppenhet predicerade högre upplevt arbetsengagemang (.16*) och högre balans i arbetslivet (.17*) i början på pandemin jämfört med nu, med andra ord en reducering över tid. Detta kan vara av stor relevans när man försöker förbättra arbetsengagemang och balans i arbetslivet beroende på varifrån man arbetar. (Less)
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- author
- Moscoso Nilsson, Gabriel LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Keywords: Personality, Big five, work engagement, work life balance, working from home, Personlighet, arbetsengagemang, balans i arbetslivet, hemarbete
- language
- English
- id
- 9058099
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-23 14:33:15
- date last changed
- 2021-06-23 14:33:15
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abstract = {{The trend of virtual work and work from home have been rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main questions for this study were whether the five major personality factors could predict the individual's perceived levels of work engagement and work life balance during work from home, at present and over time. The relationships were tested using scales for big five personality traits, work engagement and work life balance. All of the questions in the latter two were asked twice, one for the current time and one for the initial time of working from home. This was to construct a variable that represented difference over time. Results showed, among other things, that the personality trait conscientiousness (.33***) significantly positively predicts current perceived work engagement, while openness significantly predicted higher work engagement (.16*) and work life balance (.17*) at the beginning of the pandemic compared to now, hence, a reduction over time. The results can be of great relevance when trying to distinguish differences in work engagement and work life balance between personalities depending on where you work from.}},
author = {{Moscoso Nilsson, Gabriel}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{When the home becomes our office - The relation between personality, perceived work engagement and work life balance during a new wave of work from home}},
year = {{2021}},
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