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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Work fatigue during COVID-19 lockdown teleworking: the role of psychosocial, environmental, and social working conditions.

Clara Weber, Sarah E Golding, Joanna Yarker, Kevin Teoh, Rachel Lewis, Eleanor Ratcliffe, Fehmidah Munir, Theresa Wheele, Lukas Windlinger

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Clara WeberInstitute of Facility Management, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sarah E GoldingSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
Joanna YarkerDepartment of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Kevin TeohDepartment of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Rachel LewisDepartment of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Eleanor RatcliffeSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fehmidah MunirSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Theresa WheeleInstitute of Facility Management, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lukas WindlingerInstitute of Facility Management, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
Birkbeck, University of London · GBUniversity of Surrey · GBZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences · CHLoughborough University · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: During national lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously office-based workers who transitioned to home-based teleworking faced additional demands (e.g., childcare, inadequate homeworking spaces) likely resulting in poor work privacy fit. Previous office research suggests poor work privacy fit is associated with lower wellbeing and higher work fatigue. Emerging evidence suggests a relationship between childcare duties during pandemic teleworking and work fatigue. In addition to psychosocial working conditions (job demand, job control, and job change management), which are acknowledged predictors of work fatigue, this poses a significant threat to occupational health during pandemic teleworking. However, the relative effects of aspects of the psychosocial environment (job demands and resources), the home office environment (including privacy fit), and the social environment (childcare) on work fatigue as well as their interactions are under-explored. Objective: This study examined the relationships between the psychosocial, environmental, and social working conditions of teleworking during the first COVID-19 lockdown and work fatigue. Specifically, the study examined teleworkers' physical work environment (e.g., if and how home office space is shared, crowding, and noise perceptions) as predictors of privacy fit and the relationship between privacy fit, childcare, psychosocial working conditions (job demand, job control, and job change management), and work fatigue. Work privacy fit was hypothesized to mediate the relationship between childcare and work fatigue. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted with teleworkers ( Results: Path analysis was used to examine the hypothesized relationships. Privacy fit was lower for those reporting greater levels of noise in home-working spaces and those feeling crowded at home. Work fatigue was lower amongst those with greater privacy fit and higher amongst those with high levels of job demand. An indirect relationship was observed between childcare and work fatigue with privacy fit mediating this relationship. Conclusion: The influence of privacy fit has so far been largely neglected in research on teleworking, especially during the pandemic. However, its contribution to workers' wellbeing should be acknowledged in occupational health strategies.

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burnoutCOVID-19home officelockdownoffice designprivacypsychosocial working conditionsteleworking

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PMID37260958
PMCPMC10228694
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