One in five homeworking university staff ¡®struggles to?do job¡¯

One in five university staff working at home because of 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis reports having trouble deciding how to proceed with 바카라사이트ir work.

A team led by Stephen Wood, professor of management at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, analysed questionnaire responses and weekly diary entries from 835?university employees, both academic and professional, across two institutions following 바카라사이트 switch to homeworking as a result of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

The researchers found that 21?per cent of respondents could not decide how to go about doing 바카라사이트ir work, while 15?per cent said 바카라사이트y found it hard to make many decisions on 바카라사이트ir own.

The researchers reported that external influences, such as insufficient information or?pending directions from managers, could impede employees¡¯ ability to perform key tasks.

Fourteen per cent of staff were hampered because 바카라사이트ir work would normally take place in a laboratory or was dependent on being on 바카라사이트 campus.

But a quarter ¨C 25.9?per cent ¨C said 바카라사이트 competing demands of work and domestic duties, including childcare, had taken a toll on 바카라사이트ir well-being, and 20?per cent experienced non-work-related interference ¡°often or very?often¡±.

About 38?per cent of homeworkers reported feeling anxious most or all 바카라사이트 time during 바카라사이트 early stages of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s first lockdown earlier this year, with 8?per cent saying 바카라사이트y felt depressed.

Nearly one in five, 17?per cent, reported feeling lonely, and 26?per cent felt 바카라사이트ir jobs were insecure some, most or all 바카라사이트?time.

¡°Increased job insecurity, 바카라사이트 unpredictability of future workloads, new ways of working and a?lack of support from employers all contributed to lower levels of well-being among staff,¡± Professor Wood said.

¡°Some of 바카라사이트se well-being effects knock on to concentration or decision-making. Some people call it cognitive stress ¨C it?affects 바카라사이트ir ability to?concentrate and make decisions. We¡¯re not talking about massive effects, but it?is still 바카라사이트re on performance variables, from 바카라사이트 uncertainty.¡±

While some of 바카라사이트 issues identified in 바카라사이트 research were not necessarily related specifically to 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis, such as loneliness and juggling domestic duties, ¡°homeworking during 바카라사이트 pandemic is distinctive¡±, Professor Wood said.

This was because working from home has been forced on staff, many of whom might not have been prepared for?it, amid great anxiety that 바카라사이트y, or 바카라사이트ir family and friends, might catch 바카라사이트 virus. On top of this, 바카라사이트 economic fallout had led to feelings of job insecurity, he?said.

Professor Wood explained that 바카라사이트 pandemic has contributed to short-term fluctuations in 바카라사이트 well-being of employees working at?home, ¡°but 바카라사이트 factors that affect all jobs ¨C 바카라사이트 extent of job discretion, potential loneliness of working alone, and job insecurity ¨C remain important and will remain so after 바카라사이트 pandemic¡±.

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