Private and Public Sector Employer Actions for Home Office Workers During the COVID-19 Epidemic

• Autorzy: Nowacki Krzysztof , Grabowska Sandra , Lis Teresa

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/mape-2021-0046

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A research was conducted among the employees referred to work in the home office in connection with the announced state of the epidemic in Poland. The research was conducted using a questionnaire method, the study was attended by 199 respondents. The research is burdened with an error in the selection of statistical sample units, which resulted from the respondents’ involvement and their truthfulness. The aim of the article is to assess the activities of employers from the private and state sectors in Poland, related to the delegation of employees to work in the home office, and to analyze the skills and possibilities of self-organization of work by employees. An important result of the survey was to demonstrate the differences in the behavior of public and private sector employers. The study shows that the private sector has adapted better to sudden changes than the state sector.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

home office; epidemic; COVID-19; activities of employers; work flexibility; job satisfaction; work efficiency

• Wydawca: STE GROUP ; De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 4, Iss. 1
• Strony: 509--519
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Nowacki Krzysztof

• Silesian University of Technology, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2925-084X

autor

Grabowska Sandra

• Silesian University of Technology, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0478-3466

autor

Lis Teresa

• Silesian University of Technology, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-5444

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Uwagi

Silesian University of Technology (Faculty of Materials Engineering, Department of Production Engineering) supported this work as a part of Statutory Research BK-229/RM1/2021 (11/010/BK_21/0032).

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).