원격근무자의 자기효능감에 관한 연구

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has affected every part of our daily lives and also business landscape. In firms, the adoption of remote work system has been sharply increasing and therefore it becomes important to understand how firms can effectively design and manage remote work system. In response to the increasing needs for research on remote work system, this study examined the role of self-efficacy in remote work environment. On the basis of Bandura(1986)’ 4-factor model of self-efficacy and Staples et al. (1999)'s study on the the self-efficacy in virtual organization, this study defined remote work experience, observation of supervisor’s remote work experience, fear of IT change, and supervisor coaching as the antecedents of self-efficacy in remote work environment. In addition, we examined whether trust in supervisor affects the relationship between supervisor coaching and self-efficacy. Using survey data we obtained from 463 workers who have remote work experiences, we found that remote work experience and supervisor coaching have a positive effect on self-efficacy, while fear of IT change has a negative effect on self-efficacy. We also found that the positive effect of supervisor coaching on self-efficacy becomes greater when workers have a trust in supervisor. This study confirmed that worker’s own remote work experience is the major determinant of self-efficacy in remote work environment. This study also found that supervisor’s role is very important in developing workers’ self-efficacy by exhibiting role behavior, giving coaching, and building supervisorworker trust.