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The joint role of HRM and leadership for teleworker well-being: An analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Günther, Niklas Hauff, Sven Gubernator, Philip |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | The sudden and extensive implementation of teleworking in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened employees’ well-being. Based on the challenges that particularly threatened such well-being in the beginning of the pandemic, we identify sets of telework-specific HRM practices and leadership behaviors, and examine their joint relationships with teleworkers’ happiness well-being in terms of work engagement and job satisfaction. Thus, we also consider the mediating roles of social isolation (as an indicator of social well-being) and psychological strain (as an indicator of health well-being). We also expect that HRM and leadership should interact and reinforce each other. Our analyses are based on data from German teleworkers at two consecutive points in time. Our findings reveal differentiated and complementary effects of telework-oriented HRM and leadership. In particular, we identified the provision of health care to contribute most to telework-oriented HRM’s relationship with social isolation and happiness well-being. Telework-oriented leadership mainly affected teleworkers’ happiness well-being via strain by ensuring communication and information exchanges between teleworkers. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/23970022221083694?download=true |
| Starting Page | 353 |
| Ending Page | 379 |
| Page Count | 27 |
| ISSN | 23970022 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Journal | German Journal of Human Resource Management (GJH) |
| e-ISSN | 23970030 |
| DOI | 10.1177/23970022221083694 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2022-03-24 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2022 |
| Subject Keyword | COVID-19 job satisfaction telework psychological strain well-being pandemic HRM leadership social isolation work engagement |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
