School of Business and Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2023 Apr 13;18(4):e0282862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282862. eCollection 2023.
This study explores the role of trait self-control in individuals' changes in performance and well-being when working from home (WFH). In a three-wave longitudinal study with UK workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that low self-control workers experienced a significant positive adjustment to WFH over time: The number of reported work distractions decreased, and self-assessed performance increased over the period of four months. In contrast, high self-control individuals did not show a similar upward trajectory. Despite the positive adjustment of low self-control individuals over time, on average, self-control was still positively associated with performance and negatively associated with work distractions. However, trait self-control was not consistently associated with changes in well-being. These findings provide a more nuanced view on trait self-control, suggesting that low self-control individuals can improve initial performance over time when working from home.
本研究探讨了特质自我控制在个体居家办公（WFH）时工作表现和幸福感变化中的作用。在一项针对英国 COVID-19 大流行期间工作者的三波纵向研究中，我们发现低自我控制的工作者随着时间的推移对 WFH 进行了显著的积极调整：报告的工作干扰次数减少，自我评估的工作表现在四个月的时间里有所提高。相比之下，高自我控制的个体并没有表现出类似的上升趋势。尽管低自我控制的个体随着时间的推移而进行了积极的调整，但平均而言，自我控制仍然与工作表现呈正相关，与工作干扰呈负相关。然而，特质自我控制与幸福感的变化并不始终相关。这些发现为特质自我控制提供了更细致的观点，表明低自我控制的个体在居家办公时可以随着时间的推移提高初始表现。
