The Evolving Impact of Remote Work on IT Professionals’ Work-Life Balance
Keywords:
Organizational, Support, Psychological Wellbeing, Remote Work, Work Hours Flexibility, Work-Life BalanceAbstract
This study assesses the evolving impact of remote work on the work-life balance of IT professionals. Descriptive and causal-comparative research methods were employed in the study to collect information from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaires among the sample population of 140 employees, utilizing convenience sampling while, secondary data were collected from organizational reports and official websites. Data analysis included descriptive statistics to generate mean values and standard deviations and correlation and regression analysis to test the interrelation between the variables based on statistical package SPSS. Results provide meaningful information on the interrelation between telework and work-life balance. While descriptive statistics uncover overall employee attitudes, regression analysis verifies that Frequency of Remote Work (FRW), Work Hours Flexibility (WHF), and Psychological Wellbeing (PW) all predict high work-life balance. The regression model explains 48.1% of variance in WLB, confirming the significance of FRW, WHF, and PW. Organizational Support (OS) does have a positive but statistically non-significant influence. It recognizes how central flexible working, home working, and mental health are to better work-life balance and provides guidance and advice to companies to create more facilitating policies to help employees.
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