Spanish Workers’ Judgement of Telecommuting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Evaluation

This study explores the drivers of employees’ attitudes towards home teleworking with Tobit regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Drawing from technology acceptance models, it derives hypotheses regarding variable relationships and telecommuting perceptions. Data were ob...

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Published in:Information (Basel) 2023-09, Vol.14 (9), p.488
Main Authors: de Andrés-Sánchez, Jorge, Belzunegui-Eraso, Ángel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
configurational methods
correlational methods
COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic
Disease transmission
Employees
Employers
Fuzzy sets
home teleworking
Influence
Labor market
Methods
Mixed methods research
Pandemics
Perceptions
Qualitative analysis
Regression analysis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sociodemographics
Technology Acceptance Model
technology acceptance models
Technology utilization
Telecommuting
Variables
Workers
working from home
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Summary:This study explores the drivers of employees’ attitudes towards home teleworking with Tobit regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Drawing from technology acceptance models, it derives hypotheses regarding variable relationships and telecommuting perceptions. Data were obtained from a survey with 3104 responses conducted by the Spanish Agency “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas” in Spring 2021. The results emphasize the pivotal role of the family-life impact in shaping telecommuting perceptions, alongside factors like location, ICT satisfaction, employer support, and job adaptability. The results from fsQCA reveal an asymmetric influence of input factors on the positive and negative evaluations. Positive perceptions are associated with family-life positivity, firm support, strong ICT, and non-provincial residence, while negative attitudes relate to family-life negativity, lack of employer support, and poor connectivity. The main innovation of this paper lies in the combined use of correlational and configurational methods, enriching insights into employee telecommuting perceptions beyond traditional regression analysis.
ISSN:2078-2489
2078-2489
DOI:10.3390/info14090488