Huo Weiwei, Liang Bingqian, Liang Yongmei, Song Mengli, Wang Yixin
SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Aug 3;14(8):674. doi: 10.3390/bs14080674.
The sudden COVID-19 crisis disrupted people's pace of life. Meanwhile, telework has gradually attracted public attention and become a regular mechanism for organizations. In this context, self-regulation theory was utilized to explore the impact of telework intensity on work engagement. Data were collected from 304 employees across three time points, and the results supported a curvilinear relationship between telework intensity and work engagement. Specifically, it was discovered that employees exhibited the highest levels of work engagement at moderate levels of telework intensity. Additionally, based on the strength model of self-control, the research identified self-control as playing a mediating role between telework intensity and work engagement. Finally, the study revealed that the duration of physical exercise moderated the relationship between telework intensity and self-control. Long-term physical exercise was found to prolong and enhance the positive effects of telework intensity on self-control, thereby boosting employee work engagement. This study provided unique and valuable insights into maintaining employee engagement in telework.
突如其来的新冠疫情危机打乱了人们的生活节奏。与此同时，远程办公逐渐引起公众关注，并成为各组织的一种常规机制。在此背景下，运用自我调节理论探讨远程办公强度对工作投入的影响。在三个时间点收集了304名员工的数据，结果支持了远程办公强度与工作投入之间的曲线关系。具体而言，发现员工在中等远程办公强度水平下表现出最高的工作投入水平。此外，基于自我控制的强度模型，研究确定自我控制在远程办公强度与工作投入之间起中介作用。最后，研究表明体育锻炼时长调节了远程办公强度与自我控制之间的关系。研究发现长期体育锻炼能延长并增强远程办公强度对自我控制的积极影响，从而提高员工的工作投入。这项研究为维持员工在远程办公中的投入提供了独特而有价值的见解。
