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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Association of teleworking with employee

psychosocial characteristics and well-being: A
descriptive study

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Angelos Mylonas , Dimitris D. Vlastos 1,2 , and Paraskevi Theofilou *
1 Department of Psychology, SCG - Scientific College of Greece, Athens, Greece
2 Laboratory of Experimental and Applied Psychology, SCG – Scientific College of Greece, Athens,
Greece
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Real - World Data (RWD) for mental health and quality
of life)

Abstract

In recent years, teleworking (also referred to as telecommuting) has been the
focus of academic research, due to its wide implementation during the COVID-19
pandemic and its significant implications, including psychosocial effects, job
satisfaction, and social interactions among employees. Thus, this study employed
Academic editor: a quantitative approach to examine these concepts and determine to what extent
Mihajlo Jakovljevic M.D. Ph.D. MAE
they have been changed by the implementation of teleworking in companies.
*Corresponding author: Based on the findings, the most important aspect of teleworking was the need for
Paraskevi Theofilou
(ptheofilou@scg.edu.gr) social interactions. These three concepts also showed a statistically significant, but
not a strong correlation. First, the women in the sample had higher psychosocial
Citation: Mylonas, A.,
Vlastos, D.D., & Theofilou, P. effects and a greater need for social interactions, compared to the men, whereas
(2025). Association of teleworking the younger participants had less psychosocial effects. Second, the participants
with employee psychosocial aged 51 – 60 years had lower averages for job satisfaction, while the participants
characteristics and well-being: A
descriptive study. Global Health aged 41 – 50 years had lower averages for social interactions. Third, those who
Econ Sustain, 3(2):95-103. worked in companies consisting of 51 – 200 employees had significantly higher
https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.4998 psychosocial effects, but significantly lower job satisfaction, compared to the rest
Submitted: September 29, 2024 of the sample. Finally, demographic and work characteristics played important
roles in the assessment of the impact of teleworking on psychosocial effects, job
Revised: November 17, 2024
satisfaction, and social interactions.
Accepted: November 22, 2024
Published online: December 16, Keywords: Job satisfaction; Social interactions; Psychosocial effects; Teleworking
2024
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s).
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distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution 1. Introduction
License, permitting distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictive measures have brought
provided the original work is about the need to implement teleworking on a large scale. Teleworking (also referred
properly cited. to as telecommuting) involves performing work duties from a location other than a
Publisher’s Note: AccScience traditional office environment. This approach, often performed from home, mainly
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published maps and institutional development of information and communication technologies has made remote work
affiliations. both possible and effective (Baard et al., 2014).

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