Cheng Jinkai, Zhang Chao
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 11;13:898405. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.898405. eCollection 2022.
Meta-analytical research has demonstrated the benefits brought by telecommuting to wellbeing. However, we argue that such a setup in the course of the coronavirus disease pandemic exerts negative effects. On the basis of conservation of resources theory, this study determined how telecommuting depletes wellbeing (defined by job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion) through obstructing psychological detachment from work. Moreover, we incorporated family interfering with work and family-work enrichment as moderators that can buffer the negative effect of telecommuting on psychological detachment from work. Time-lagged field research was conducted with 350 Chinese employees, and findings largely supported our theoretical hypotheses. The elevated level of telecommuting results in minimal psychological detachment from work, which then leads to low wellbeing. Meanwhile, the negative effect of the extent of telecommuting on psychological detachment from work is reduced by family interfering with work. These findings extend the literature on telecommuting and psychological detachment from work through revealing why teleworkers present negative feelings during the pandemic.
元分析研究已经证明了远程办公给幸福感带来的益处。然而，我们认为在新冠疫情期间这样的工作模式会产生负面影响。基于资源守恒理论，本研究确定了远程办公如何通过阻碍工作心理脱离来消耗幸福感（由工作满意度和情感耗竭定义）。此外，我们将家庭干扰工作和家庭-工作充实作为调节变量纳入研究，它们可以缓冲远程办公对工作心理脱离的负面影响。我们对350名中国员工进行了时滞实地研究，研究结果在很大程度上支持了我们的理论假设。远程办公程度的提高导致工作心理脱离程度降低，进而导致幸福感降低。同时，家庭干扰工作减少了远程办公程度对工作心理脱离的负面影响。这些发现通过揭示远程工作者在疫情期间出现负面情绪的原因，扩展了关于远程办公和工作心理脱离的文献。
