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Global Health Economics and
            Sustainability
                                                                        Association of teleworking with employee well-being


            healthcare, and finance, in order to fully understand   •   The questionnaires were developed by considering
            the impact of teleworking on employees’ well-being.   relevant variables such as job satisfaction, social
            Meanwhile, we focused on various age groups, the work   interactions, emotional well-being, and the impact of
            experience of the employees, and gender, with the latter   teleworking.
            ensuring that the different perspectives of men and women   •   The questions and objectives were clarified in order to
            are considered. The diversity of this sample allowed us to   collect accurate data.
            detect the different challenges or benefits that employees   •   The following questionnaires were used: the Job
            face, depending on their industry, as well as how     Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Organizational
            teleworking affects different career stages.          Climate Description Questionnaire.

              To properly investigate the impact of teleworking, the   •   The Psychosocial Safety Questionnaire was also used
            survey included the participants working traditionally,   to measure the psychosocial factors that influence
            remotely, and in a hybrid format. By considering all these   well-being such as support from colleagues and
            factors, it ensured that the findings are applicable to a wide   supervisors.
            range of work settings. In order to obtain the consent of the   •   Various tools were used to measure mental and
            company and the consent of the employees, we contacted   physical well-being such as the Subjective Well-Being
            (via telephone and email) the management and human    Questionnaire.
            resource departments of the companies in this study.  2.4.2. For statistical processing

            2.3. Ethics                                        •   A  specialized  JAMOVI  software  tool  was  used  that
            To observe the code of ethics, the participants were informed   allowed the statistical analysis of the data.
            about the nature of the research, its objectives, and their   •   Microsoft Excel was used to create easy-to-read
            rights, after which we obtained their written consent. They   analyses.
            were also provided with information about how the data   2.4.3. To analyze the data
            was collected, used, and stored with strict confidentiality.
            Additionally, codes and numbers were used (instead of   •   Since the sample consisted of more than 100 people,
            names)  to protect  their  anonymity.  Meanwhile,  access   parametric tests were performed to draw latent
            to the data  was limited  to qualified personnel, ensuring   variable conclusions, as suggested by Field (2013).
            the confidentiality of the information. The participants   •   At-test  and  an  analysis  of  variance  (ANOVA)  were
            were also informed of their right to withdraw at any time   used to assess the differences between the groups and
            without penalty. This research was submitted for review to   draw conclusions.
            the research ethics committee to ensure compliance with   •   Descriptive statistics were provided via minimum
            ethical rules and regulations. Finally, special attention   (MIN), maximum (MAX), mean (M), and standard
            was placed on the questions and procedures concerning   deviation (SD), while the correlations between the
            psychosocial issues. This ensured that the participants were   key variables were obtained via the JAMOVI software
            not under pressure to reveal any personal information that   tool.
            could affect their sensitivity to these issues.    •   Cronbach’s alpha test results were obtained.
            2.4. Psychometric tools                            2.4.4. Regarding the consent to participate
            The selection and use of materials and tools is an important   •   Consent forms were created for the participants, thus
            aspect of research design, ensuring the proper execution   protecting their rights and privacy
            of the study and the reliability of the results. Hence, the   •   Additional forms were created to provide information
            materials and tools in this study are as follows:     about the study and encourage participation
                                                               •   We ensured that the responses remained anonymous
            2.4.1. To construct the questionnaires                by using anonymous data connections
            •   The questionnaires were created through Microsoft   •   Finally, collaboration was conducted with specialized
               forms that covered job satisfaction, social interactions,   personnel, such as  psychologists  or  researchers, to
               and other related variables.                       assist in the execution of the study and the evaluation
            •   The questionnaires consisted of closed-type/Likert   of the results.
               scale questions.
            •   The questionnaires were designed with clear and   3. Results
               objective questions that allowed the comparative   First, the demographic characteristics of the sample were
               analysis of the data.                           analyzed. In terms of gender, 38.8% were men and 61.2%


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