Working Life and Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis of European Countries

Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

Makale detayları

Working Life and Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis of European Countries

Yazarlar:

Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Mikroekonomik Teori

Dergi:

Politik Ekonomik Kuram Vol.8 Issue 4, pp.1408-1427

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334663

pISSN:

2587-2567

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Özet:

 Towards the end of 2019, the coronavirus disease Covid-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China, led governments to implement isolation measures to prevent its contagion. As part of these measures, many countries, especially in Europe, swiftly transitioned to working from home. Remote workers have been separated from their colleagues and workplace, experiencing significant changes in their working lives. This situation is expected to be a cause of unhappiness for employees. Based on this, the study investigates the impact of changes in working life during the Covid-19 pandemic on happiness in European countries using data from the tenth round of the European Social Survey Round 10-2020. For this purpose, categorical principal component analysis was used to create variables titled working from home and communication with colleagues, which illustrate how working life has changed during the pandemic, differing from existing literature. Regression analysis revealed that the transition to remote work due to the pandemic and the decrease in the frequency of communication with colleagues negatively affected employees happiness. In addition, it was observed using the figure that, in Europe during the pandemic, average happiness declined as average weekly working hours increased. The study has shown that the Covid-19 crisis affected the lives of employees with a specific daily routine, leading to their unhappiness.

 Towards the end of 2019, the coronavirus disease Covid-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China, led governments to implement isolation measures to prevent its contagion. As part of these measures, many countries, especially in Europe, swiftly transitioned to working from home. Remote workers have been separated from their colleagues and workplace, experiencing significant changes in their working lives. This situation is expected to be a cause of unhappiness for employees. Based on this, the study investigates the impact of changes in working life during the Covid-19 pandemic on happiness in European countries using data from the tenth round of the European Social Survey Round 10-2020. For this purpose, categorical principal component analysis was used to create variables titled working from home and communication with colleagues, which illustrate how working life has changed during the pandemic, differing from existing literature. Regression analysis revealed that the transition to remote work due to the pandemic and the decrease in the frequency of communication with colleagues negatively affected employees happiness. In addition, it was observed using the figure that, in Europe during the pandemic, average happiness declined as average weekly working hours increased. The study has shown that the Covid-19 crisis affected the lives of employees with a specific daily routine, leading to their unhappiness.

 Towards the end of 2019, the coronavirus disease Covid-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China, led governments to implement isolation measures to prevent its contagion. As part of these measures, many countries, especially in Europe, swiftly transitioned to working from home. Remote workers have been separated from their colleagues and workplace, experiencing significant changes in their working lives. This situation is expected to be a cause of unhappiness for employees. Based on this, the study investigates the impact of changes in working life during the Covid-19 pandemic on happiness in European countries using data from the tenth round of the European Social Survey Round 10-2020. For this purpose, categorical principal component analysis was used to create variables titled working from home and communication with colleagues, which illustrate how working life has changed during the pandemic, differing from existing literature. Regression analysis revealed that the transition to remote work due to the pandemic and the decrease in the frequency of communication with colleagues negatively affected employees happiness. In addition, it was observed using the figure that, in Europe during the pandemic, average happiness declined as average weekly working hours increased. The study has shown that the Covid-19 crisis affected the lives of employees with a specific daily routine, leading to their unhappiness.

 2019 yılının sonlarına doğru Çinin Wuhan eyaletinde ortaya çıkan koronavirüs hastalığı Covid-19 hastalığının bulaşıcılığını önlemek amacıyla hükümetler izolasyon tedbirleri uygulamıştır. Bu tedbirler kapsamında Avrupa başta olmak üzere birçok ülkede evden çalışmaya hızla geçiş yapılmıştır. Sosyal mesafe kuralı gereği zorunlu olarak evden çalışanlar iş arkadaşlarından ve iş yerinden uzak kalmış, çalışma hayatlarında önemli değişimler yaşamışlardır. Sosyal hayatı sınırlandıran ve çalışma hayatını zorlaştıran Covid-19, çalışanlar için mutsuzluk sebebi olması beklenir. Buradan hareketle çalışmada, Covid-19 pandemisi sürecinde Avrupa ülkelerinde çalışma hayatındaki değişimin mutluluk üzerindeki etkisi Avrupa Sosyal Araştırmasının onuncu tur Round 10-2020 verileri ile araştırılmıştır. Bu amaç için kategorik temel bileşenler analizi kullanılarak, literatürden farklı olarak, pandemide çalışma hayatının nasıl olduğunu gösteren evden çalışma ve iş arkadaşlarıyla iletişim adlı değişkenler oluşturulmuştur. Çalışmada bu göstergeler ile mutluluk arasındaki ilişkiyi tahmin etmek için regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda, pandemide nedeniyle evden çalışmaya geçişin ve iş arkadaşlarıyla iletişim sıklığının azalmasının çalışanların mutluluğunu olumsuz yönde etkilediği ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca şekil yardımıyla pandemi sürecinde, Avrupada haftalık ortalama çalışma saati arttıkça ortalama mutluluğun azaldığı gözlenmiştir. Çalışma, Covid-19 krizinin belirli bir günlük rutine sahip çalışanların hayatlarını etkileyerek onları mutsuz ettiğini ortaya koymuştur.

Makale detayları

Working Life and Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis of European Countries

Yazarlar:

Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Mikroekonomik Teori

Dergi:

Politik Ekonomik Kuram Vol.8 Issue 4, pp.1408-1427

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334663

pISSN:

2587-2567

COVID-19 Pandemic

Working Life

HappinessCovid-19 Pandemisi

Çalışma Hayatı

Mutluluk

Sayı

Makale detayları

Working Life and Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis of European Countries

Yazarlar: Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

Yayıncı: Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar: Mikroekonomik Teori

Dergi: Politik Ekonomik Kuram Vol.8 Issue 4, pp.1408-1427

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001334663

pISSN: 2587-2567

COVID-19 Pandemic

Working Life

HappinessCovid-19 Pandemisi

Çalışma Hayatı

Mutluluk

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Mikroekonomik Teori

Dergi:

Politik Ekonomik Kuram Vol.8 Issue 4, pp.1408-1427

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334663

pISSN:

2587-2567