ICT Revolution from Traditional Office to Virtual Office: A Study on Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

被引:5
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作者
Sarfraz, Muddassar [1 ]
Ivascu, Larisa [2 ,3 ]
Khawaja, Kausar Fiaz [4 ]
Vevera, Adrian Victor [5 ]
Dragan, Florin [6 ]
机构
[1] Wuxi Univ, Coll Int Students, 333 Xishan Ave, Wuxi 214105, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Politehn Univ Timisoara, Fac Management Prod & Transportat, Management Dept, 14 Remus St, Timisoara 300009, Romania
[3] Acad Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov St, Bucharest 050044, Romania
[4] Int Islamic Univ, Fac Management Sci, Sect H-10, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
[5] Natl Inst Res & Dev Informat, 8-10 Maresal Averescu Ave, Bucharest 01145, Romania
[6] Politehn Univ Timisoara, Fac Automat & Comp, Dept Automat & Appl Informat, 14 Remus St, Timisoara 300009, Romania
来源
STUDIES IN INFORMATICS AND CONTROL | 2021年 / 30卷 / 04期
关键词
Professional isolation; Job performance; Motivation; Turnover intention; ICT; COVID-19; JOB-PERFORMANCE; METAANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; IMPACT; CONSEQUENCES; OUTCOMES;
D O I
10.24846/v30i4y202107
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The biggest challenge of today's world is to adjust to the rapidly changing environment brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, where uncertainty and unpredictability have become the norm. The advanced technological tools used during the pandemic have altered communication, employee motivation, and the employees` desire for personal connectivity. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the effect of professional isolation on the teleworker's job performance, motivation, and turnover intention. This study also considers the moderating role of the access to information and communications technology. In this context, a survey was carried out among the employees from the telecommunications/ IT sector in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan and 478 complete/usable responses were received and analysed. In this paper, the MACRO PROCESS computational procedure was employed. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out, along with an analysis on Pearson correlation, internal consistency reliability, discriminant validity of the variables employed in this study, and hierarchical moderated regression analysis with the purpose of testing six hypotheses. The obtained results show that there is a negative relationship between professional isolation and the employees` job performance and motivation. On the other hand, professional isolation is positively associated with turnover intention. To that, professional isolation and the access to communication-enhancing technology (ACET) significantly affect employee job motivation.
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页数:10
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