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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
卷 106, 期 10, 页码 1466-1482出版社
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000970
关键词
remote work; telecommuting; communication; job performance; burnout
资金
- National Science Foundation Rapid Response grants through the Division of Social and Economic Sciences [2027767, 2027768]
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [2027767, 2027768] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study found that communication quality is associated with daily performance and burnout in remote work, while supervisors' communication expectations set at the beginning of the transition have a positive impact on performance but not burnout. Task interdependence moderates the relationship between communication quality and performance, with stronger effects in higher task interdependence situations. Expected curvilinear relationships between communication frequency and outcomes were not detected.
Given the huge increase in remote work that has accompanied the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, understanding predictors of performance and wellbeing among remote workers has never been more timely. Effective communication is commonly cited as key to remote worker success, yet communication variables are rarely incorporated into remote work research. In the present study, we examined the relationship between communication frequency, communication quality, and supervisor-set communication expectations with daily job performance and burnout in an occupationally-diverse sample of employees. We used an experience sampling design and our hypotheses were tested with data collected over a 4-week period with a sample of 471 employees who shifted to full-time remote work due to COVID-19. Results indicated that daily communication quality was associated with daily performance and burnout. In addition, the extent to which supervisors established expectations about communication practices (e.g., expected response times to email) at the onset of the transition to remote work was positively associated with performance, but not burnout. Task interdependence was also tested as a moderator. Task interdependence moderated the relationship between communication quality and performance, such that the relationship was stronger when task interdependence was higher than when it was lower. Task interdependence also moderated the relationship between supervisor-set expectations and performance such that the relationship was stronger when task interdependence was lower than when it was higher. Expected curvilinear relationships between communication frequency and outcomes were not detected. Based on our findings, we provide recommendations for practice and future research.
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