dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Borst, R.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smit, F.P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-07T19:00:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-07T19:00:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/38473 | |
dc.description.abstract | Home-based Telework (HbTW) is an HR-practice which was imposed on employees of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (BZ) during the COVID-19 crisis, in order to continue its work processes. The effect
of this implementation on employee well-being is unknown. The goal of this study is to see to what
extent involuntary HbTW affects the various dimensions of employee well-being, and how that effect
is moderated by organisational support from the Ministry. The job demands-resources (JD-R) model
is used to research this relation, where involuntary HbTW is the demand and organisational support
the resource. The analysis of a survey which was sent to employees of BZ (N = 123) shows that
(a) involuntary HbTW is seen as a challenging demand; (b) involuntary HbTW has a positive effect
on some dimensions of employee well-being, and no effect on others; and (c) that organisational
support by BZ does not have a moderating effect on the relation between involuntary HbTW and
the various dimensions of employee well-being. In conclusion, imposing HbTW to continue the
work processes of the Ministry had no negative effect on employee well-being, and in some cases
even a positive effect. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 2993796 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Home-based Telework at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: A research into the effect of imposed Home-based Telework (HbTW) due to the COVID-19 crisis on employee well-being and the moderating effect of organisational support. | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Home-based Telework, employee well-being, JD-R model, organisational support, imposed HbTW,
COVID-19 | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Strategisch Human Resource Management | |