My Home is no Longer a Safe Place for my Emotional Health: Home-Office Work and its Consequences on Emotional Health

Abstract

Objective: this study aims to: i) evaluate whether the dimensions of Burnout Syndrome are related to the dimensions of the Worker Emotional Health Inventory; and ii) verify the incidence level of the Burnout Syndrome dimensions and the Worker Emotional Health Inventory. Method: a survey was used from 160 workers who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, worked from home office. The estimation method used was SEM - PLS from the SmartPLS® software and the complementary NCA technique, and to test the intensity of the dimensions, standardization of scores was used. Results and conclusion: even professionals working from home showed high professional fulfillment, low depersonalization and moderate emotional exhaustion, and a greater prevalence of positive emotions compared to negative ones. Furthermore, it was possible to identify a positive relationship between Professional Fulfillment and Positive Emotional Health. Negative Emotional Health is negatively related to Positive Emotional Health, just as Negative Emotional Health is related to higher levels of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization.