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Predicting Antecedents of Employee Smart Work Adoption Using SEM-Multilayer Perceptron Approach. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 2023. [DOI: 10.1155/2023/7623801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced many organizations to move to telework and smart work (SW), and this practice is expected to continue even later in the postpandemic period. Hence, it is very important for managers and organizations to identify the motivating and deterrent factors in adopting smart work and plan to manage them. Therefore, the present study using an innovative methodology tried to identify and prioritize the factors influencing employee SW adoption. In the first stage, the conceptual model of the research was designed, inspired by the literature. In the next step, using structural equation modeling (SEM), antecedents whose effects on employee SW adoption were confirmed were identified. Finally, the output of the SEM model was considered as the input of the multilayer perceptron (MLP) model, which is an artificial neural network model, to determine the importance of each antecedent in the prediction of employee behavior. The present study provides quantitative empirical evidence that perceived value, institutional and technological support, perceived limited communication, and perceived cost are antecedents of employee SW adoption that are, respectively, important in predicting the behavioral intentions of employees in acceptance of SW. The findings of this study contribute to both the SW and the behavioral intention theory literature.
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Sygit-Kowalkowska E, Piotrowski A, Boe O, Rawat S, Minic J, Predoiu A, Predoiu R, Vazne Ž, Fernate A, Malinauskas R, Phuc Nguyen N, Blenkinsopp J, Martinská M. Evaluation of Work Mode and Its Importance for Home-Work and Work-Home Relationships: The Role of Resilience, Coping with Stress, and Passion for Work. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14491. [PMID: 36361368 PMCID: PMC9657361 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated and facilitated the introduction of telework in organizations. This has also impacted the workers' relationship between work and private life. The aim of the current study was to examine the links between resilience and mode of work (stationary vs. remote) and the work-home and home-work relationships, and whether they are mediated by passion for work and strategies of coping with stress. The study was carried out on a sample of 1251 participants from Great Britain, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Vietnam. The following measures were used: The Survey Work-Home Interaction, The Brief Resilience Coping Scale, The Passion Scale, and the Brief COPE. Results showed that the more stationary the mode of work, the lower the intensity of the negative influence of personal life on work. Resilience was revealed to have a positive effect on worker functioning. The study also showed a relationship between education and gender and passion for work. Finally, the importance of furthering the knowledge on the home-work and work-home relationships among teleworkers is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska
- Department of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Leopolda Staffa 1 St., 85-867 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, Jana Bażyńskiego 4 St., 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management, Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, 2450 Rena, Norway
- Institute of Psychology, Oslo New University College, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Priština, 38220 Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, National University of Physical Education and Sports, 060057 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, National University of Physical Education and Sports, 060057 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Sport and Training Theory, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Brivibas Gatve 333, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Sport and Training Theory, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Brivibas Gatve 333, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto g. 6, 44221 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics—The University of Danang, 71 Ngu Hanh Son, Danang City 550000, Vietnam
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- Institute of Psychology, Oslo New University College, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Social Science and Languages, Armed Forces Academy of M.R. Štefánik, Demänová 393, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
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