Workplace impact on employees: A Lifelines Corona Research Initiative on the return to work.

ABSTRACT: A large proportion of the global workforce migrated home during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. It remains unclear what the exact differences between home workers and non-home workers were, especially during the pandemic when a return to work was imminent. How were building, workplace, and related facilities associated with workers' perceptions and health? What are the lessons to be learned? Lifelines Corona Research Initiative was used to compare employees' workplaces and related concerns, facilities, work quality, and health in a complete case analysis (N = 12,776) when return to work was imminent. Mann-Whitney U, logistic regression, and Wilcoxon matched-pairs were used for analyses. Notwithstanding small differences, the results show that home workers had less favourabl

SUBMITTER: Mobach MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9815632 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature