| Abstract [eng] |
The relevance of the topic. In recent years, the changes in the world of employment have been associated with common globalization and the rapid introduction of new technologies into work processes (Kundi et al. 2016). The development of new technologies has had an impact not only on the establishment of new working places and ways to work, but also on the disappearance of some professions (Eurofound and TDO, 2019). However, the changes we happen to face in the spring of 2020 with global COVID-19 pandemic, are directly connected to business redesign and significant changes in organizing work. In order to maintain business continuity and maintain working places, many CEOs have been forced to make urgent decisions, such as relocating sales to online platforms and organizing remote work. These changes have also led to a change in the concept of the workplace. The workplace is no longer related to a physical work area but it is more like functions implemented by employees with sufficient skills and resources. According to researches, employees and their efforts to achieve organization goals, in fact lead to better performance, competitiveness and even an external image. It is important to understand that employee efforts of people, as the core resources of the organization are directly related to the job quality provided to them. The finding of the study reveals that job quality and security are key determinants of employee wellbeing. The identification of wellbeing with health is becoming rarer, and it is being replaced with the holistic approach that includes several areas of wellbeing, recognizing that wellbeing is not only physical and mental health, but also work satisfaction and social wellbeing. After elaborating the concepts of job quality and wellbeing and understanding the importance of job quality and wellbeing of employees at the organizational, personal and state levels, it is important to clarify the connection between these phenomena. This study will provide with the insight into the key determinants of workplace wellbeing during this complicated and uncertain conditions during COVID-19 pandemic. The subject of the Thesis – Linkage between job quality and employee wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the Thesis – To reveal linkage between job quality and employee wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives of the Thesis: 1. To provide problem analysis of the linkages between job quality and employee wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. To define job quality and the wellbeing of employees, by examining the concept, dimensions and highlighting the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. 3. To justify the methodological approach to the linkage between job quality and employee wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic, and develop a research methodology. 4. To make an empirical evaluation for the linkage between job quality and employee wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic, providing conclusions and recommendations. Results of the Thesis. The results of the empirical study suggest that the components of job quality and employee wellbeing are linked by moderate correlations. The strongest correlation among the moderate strength was found between work intensity and health dimensions, weak correlations were discovered between physical work environment and support, as well as work satisfaction variables, or between perspectives (job insecurity) and managerial support dimensions. The study also revealed that despite the links between components being analysed, a significant part of the variables is however related by insignificant correlations. This outcome emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to both components analysed. |
