Nijp, Laurens (2022) The Effect of Conscientiousness on the Performance of IT-workers While Working from Home: Investigating the Moderating Role of Autonomy and Job Complexity. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic forced most IT employees in the Netherlands to spend the majority of their working hours from home. Despite the rise of working from home, there is a lack of research on who thrives within this context and under which working conditions these relationships can be explored. Moreover, limited research exists on the effects of personality on performance while working from home. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between conscientiousness and performance when working from home. The study also examined the moderating role of the work design variables of autonomy and job complexity in the relationship between conscientiousness and performance. Autonomy and job complexity may activate the trait of conscientiousness in the context of working from home. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 519 participants completed an online questionnaire. The results supported the hypothesis that conscientiousness is positively related to performance. Although autonomy was found to be associated with performance, the results did not support the moderating role of autonomy and job complexity in the relationship between conscientiousness and performance. The findings may help organizations make choices in designing the support, context, and amount of work from home for optimal performance. Keywords: Working from home, Conscientiousness, Performance, Autonomy, Job Complexity
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Keller, A.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 07:46 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1306 |
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