Well-being among IT Employees Working Remotely: Post Covid-19 Reality from the Perspective of IT Industry

Elwira Gross-Gołacka; Ewa Szkudlarek; Agnieszka Brzegowy; Teresa Kupczyk; Magda Ligaj

doi:10.35808/ersj/2917

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Well-being among IT Employees Working Remotely: Post Covid-19 Reality from the Perspective of IT Industry

Autorzy

Elwira Gross-Gołacka ^{[ 1 ]}
Ewa Szkudlarek ^{[ 2 ]}
Agnieszka Brzegowy ^{[ 2 ]}
Teresa Kupczyk ^{[ 2 ]}
Magda Ligaj (WZiD) ^{[ 3 ][ 6.6 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Uniwersytet Warszawski | ^{[ 2 ]} Akademia Wojsk Lądowych we Wrocławiu | ^{[ 3 ]} Wydział Zarządzania i Dowodzenia, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ P ]} pracownik

Dyscyplina naukowa (Ustawa 2.0)

[6.6] Nauki o zarządzaniu i jakości

Rok publikacji

2022

Opublikowano w

European Research Studies Journal

Rocznik: 2022 | Tom: vol. XXV | Numer: issue 2

Typ artykułu

artykuł naukowy

Język publikacji

angielski

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Employer branding
Well-being
Leadership
Virtual teams
Remote working
IT

PL

Branża informatyczna
Budowanie wizerunku pracodawcy
Dobrostan psychiczny
Praca zdalna
Pracownicy
Przedsiębiorstwo informatyczne
Przywództwo
Satysfakcja zawodowa
Zarządzanie
Zespół wirtualny

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EN Purpose: The main goal of the article is to explore and analyse the well-being among IT employees working remotely and provides some practical implications for employer branding and virtual teams management in the post-covid reality. Design/Methodology/Approach: Researchers were particularly interested in the IT industry as being extremely competitive in terms of maintaining job satisfaction of its employees. The quantitative research was administered in September 2021, on a group of 1,889 remote workers from the seven Polish branches of the international IT corporation, which is one of the biggest employers in the Polish IT industry. Findings: Although the majority of enterprises in Poland in IT Industry do not implement well-being strategies the implication indicates that the overall level of well-being of employees in remote work is high. Additionally the research indicates that the well-being programs should be developed by companies to maintain the high level of remote workers’ well-being in three dimensions, mental, social and physical. Practical implications: This paper recommends companies to invest in well-being that according to managers’ assessment has a significant impact on their sustainable development. The pandemic-induced dramatic large-scale transition to remote work, and provides an opportunity to learn about how this way of working affects employees' well-being. The authors concluded that employer branding strategies should be revised and include a new perspective of remote workers’ well-being needs. Originality/Value: This research contributes to enrich the theoretical framework for the Polish context regarding well-being among IT employees and it allows contrasting the evidence with other studies at national levels.

Data udostępnienia online

05.06.2022

Strony (od-do)

223 - 235

DOI

10.35808/ersj/2917

URL

https://ersj.eu/journal/2917

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CC BY (uznanie autorstwa)

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