This study aims to identify factors influencing attitudes towards remote work, categorise employed Latvians into proponents and opponents of remote work and analyse these groups in the work-family-community-self integration. This study adopts the job demands-resources theory. The focus is on employed Latvians with remote work experience, constituting individuals The sample aligns with the demographic profile of employed Latvians, with data weighted by age and sex across 12 ageβsex combinations from the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia.
Survey results indicate that Rather than social and demographics or employer support, work-related values play the most significant role in shaping attitudes.
Proponents generally acquire more job resources than demands through remote work, fostering the work-family-community-self integration; conversely, opponents experience the opposite trend. This study provides empirical insights into the attitudes of employed Latvians towards remote work in the work-family-community-self integration, using the job demands-resources model. Notably, it innovatively evaluates the institutionalisation of remote work. Mietule, I. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited.
During the coronavirus disease COVID pandemic, several employed individuals worldwide have experienced forced remote work, which significantly influences workβfamily life balance and work-family-community-self integration the participants of most modern studies on the interconnection between work and other dimensions of life.
In this study, remote work is understood as work that occurs at home or at any location that is not a formal employer site e. Previous research results and their interpretations in several countries show the different attitudes of the employed population towards remote work and its [attitudes] determining role in the process of integrating work, family [home], public and private life Monakhova, ; Uresha, Most likely, every society has groups of employed individuals, proponents and opponents of remote work that are comparable in number and significance.
