The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression

The way of working is evolving constantly, and in the last year, the changes have been major under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, the work flexibility was encouraged and stimulated in Romania by the promotion of the telework law, becoming an important factor for...

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Main Authors: Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu, Simona-Andreea Apostu, Vasile Alecsandru Strat, Adrian Istrate Scrădeanu, Ion Daniel Zgură, Maria Gabriela Horga
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Published: Editura ASE 2021-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3026.pdf
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Vasile Alecsandru Strat
Adrian Istrate Scrădeanu
Ion Daniel Zgură
Maria Gabriela Horga
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description The way of working is evolving constantly, and in the last year, the changes have been major under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, the work flexibility was encouraged and stimulated in Romania by the promotion of the telework law, becoming an important factor for both employees and employers. In this context, the main goal of this paper is to test if and to what extent teleworking, as an important source of workspace flexibility can impact the way in which Romanian employees self-evaluate their level of satisfaction. In order to reach our goal, the analysis is structured into three main stages. In the first stage an aggregated indicator entitled “employee workspace flexibility composite indicator” is proposed and constructed. This indicator constructed with the help of the MCA technique (multiple correspondence analysis), using the information collected with a national level representative survey for the population of Romanian employees, is further used in logistic models with the purpose of identifying the influence of the flexibility on satisfaction. In the third stage, the main differences between subgroups are identified. The main findings support the idea that flexibility is a significant factor contributing to the increase of satisfaction, and also differences depending on region, sector and form of company
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spelling doaj-art-1092e71755e04f6fa0a2fce1d1a6734a2025-08-20T01:58:56ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042021-08-01235863765310.24818/EA/2021/58/637The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic RegressionAdriana Ana Maria Davidescu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-1200Simona-Andreea Apostu1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-0114Vasile Alecsandru Strat2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5074-1419Adrian Istrate Scrădeanu3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-456XIon Daniel Zgură 4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-4590Maria Gabriela Horga5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-9831Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaThe way of working is evolving constantly, and in the last year, the changes have been major under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, the work flexibility was encouraged and stimulated in Romania by the promotion of the telework law, becoming an important factor for both employees and employers. In this context, the main goal of this paper is to test if and to what extent teleworking, as an important source of workspace flexibility can impact the way in which Romanian employees self-evaluate their level of satisfaction. In order to reach our goal, the analysis is structured into three main stages. In the first stage an aggregated indicator entitled “employee workspace flexibility composite indicator” is proposed and constructed. This indicator constructed with the help of the MCA technique (multiple correspondence analysis), using the information collected with a national level representative survey for the population of Romanian employees, is further used in logistic models with the purpose of identifying the influence of the flexibility on satisfaction. In the third stage, the main differences between subgroups are identified. The main findings support the idea that flexibility is a significant factor contributing to the increase of satisfaction, and also differences depending on region, sector and form of companyhttps://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3026.pdfteleworkjob satisfactionemployee studycomposite indexmultiple correspondence analysislogistic regression analysis
spellingShingle Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu
Simona-Andreea Apostu
Vasile Alecsandru Strat
Adrian Istrate Scrădeanu
Ion Daniel Zgură
Maria Gabriela Horga
The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
Amfiteatru Economic
telework
job satisfaction
employee study
composite index
multiple correspondence analysis
logistic regression analysis
title The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
title_full The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
title_fullStr The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
title_short The Impact of Teleworking on the Romanians Employees’ Job Satisfaction. An Empirical Evidence Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression
title_sort impact of teleworking on the romanians employees job satisfaction an empirical evidence based on multiple correspondence analysis mca and logistic regression
topic telework
job satisfaction
employee study
composite index
multiple correspondence analysis
logistic regression analysis
url https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3026.pdf
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