Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown has caused massive economic disruption, leading businesses to make a rapid transition and take a new approach to business strategy. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to examine if there are statistically significant gender differences in work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency among employees who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the paper aims to identify the importance of individual dimensions of work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency, and gender differences perspective. The research is based on a survey of 785 employees in Slovenian companies. The factor analysis and the t-test for two independent samples were used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results show significant gender differences in work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency among employees who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper provides change management insights and recommendations to assist companies in minimizing the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their employees.
Highlights
We confirm hypothesis Hypothesis 2 (H2), that there are significant differences regarding work engagement among employees by gender who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia, and hypothesis Hypothesis 3 (H3), that there are significant differences regarding work efficiency among employees by gender who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
The results showed statistically significant differences in work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency among employees by gender who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Employers should consider that work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency differ among employees by gender, as we found through our research
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed our lives, causing tremendous human suffering and challenging the most basic foundations of societal well-being. Beyond the immediate impacts on health, jobs, and incomes, the pandemic increases people’s anxiety and worry, affecting their social relations, trust in other people and institutions, personal security, and sense of belonging [1]. The pandemic has dramatically increased the percentage of employees who work from home and may accelerate the reliance on telecommuting in the future. Digital collaboration impacts the productivity and happiness of employees, and both issues are related to sustainability. They are closely related to work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency as very important factors of a sustainable organizational environment.
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