Open Access“Enabling” or “Burdensome”: The Double-edged Sword Effect of Telecommuting on Employee Health
Author(s) -
Yanzan Yang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bcp business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-6156
DOI - 10.54691/bcpbm.v15i.281
Subject(s) - telecommuting , business , sword , work (physics) , human resources , human resource management , public relations , psychology , knowledge management , management , computer science , economics , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , operating system
With COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control entering into the regular state in China, flexible working schedule, featured by telecommuting, has been chosen by a large number of enterprises as an emergency work measure to ensure the normal operation of enterprises. For further analysis of effects on health of employees telecommuting, according to JD-R model, this paper constructs the telecommuting employee health impact of theoretical model, 225 valid questionnaires of the research results show that the telecommuting have a Double-edged effect on the employees physical and mental health effects of path, and employee Self-efficacy play a mediating role in this path. When telecommuting is manifested as work resources, employees will be willing to consume personal resources, improve work enthusiasm and participation, and Self-efficacy can be effectively played, and promote the improvement of employees' health level; on the contrary, it goes down. The research results will provide new ideas and new perspectives for the research on the adjustment of enterprise employment mode, the creation of employee Self-efficacy and the sustainable and healthy development of organizations under the background of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.