2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Subjective Well-Being, Knowledge Management, and Performance under COVID-19: Social Distancing and Teleworking from Home
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21K01696
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
マニエー渡邊 レミー 筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系, 准教授 (00527848)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | COVID-19 / Telework / Satisfaction / Job performance / Japan |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I examined in this exploratory research the attitudes and practices concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the effects of the mandatory teleworking from home in the wake of the first state of emergency orders in Japan in 2020. An online survey of married regular employees retrospectively assessed changes in work style, subjective well-being, work-family conflict, and job performance before and during forced teleworking from home in the Tokyo area. Regular employees reported high levels of anxiety despite having implemented government-recommended hygiene and safety practices. A majority of respondents was satisfied with mandatory telework from home and desired to continue partial telework after the pandemic is over. The strongest predictor of satisfaction with mandatory telework from home turned out to be adequate workspace at home for both men and women. However, the antecedents of desire to continue working from home differed by gender. These findings can help individuals, firms, and governments better understand the effects of mandatory home-working and devise countermeasures to maximize employee well-being and job performance. This is all the more crucial as Japan has entered a fourth wave of the virus and declared yet another state of emergency, prompting office workers to continue social distancing and remote working for some time.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I was able to use existing data which I analyzed quickly, leading to smooth progress.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The next step focuses on the clarifying the effect of telework and knowledge management; specifically, I will examine how working from home has affected communication modes and knowledge acquisition, sharing, and application among workers in Japan, and also the USA and France.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The budget will be used to conduct face-to-face interview in the US and France, and to gather international data abroad.
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Research Products
(2 results)
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[Book] [強制的テレワークによる従業員が受けた影響] (Chap. 3), in [ポスト・コロナ学―パンデミックと社会の変化・連続性、そして未来]2022
Author(s)
秋山 肇 (Ed.) Magnier-Watanabe, R., Benton, C., Uchida, T., Orsini, P., Magnier-Watanabe, K.
Total Pages
54-73
Publisher
明石書店
ISBN
978-4750353746
