relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3823/
title: Transitioning between Workplaces: Understanding white-collar workers’ perspectives on working from home and the working in the post-pandemic workplace based on the self-determination theory
creator: Preter, Eline, E.M.L. de
description: The Covid-19 pandemic gave rise to the concept of “work from home” (WFH), where individuals can practice their profession from home through digital devices. This shift has dramatically changed the individual workplace environments, raising questions about which effects this will have on the post-pandemic workplace. Through eleven semi-structured interviews, this study gathers opinions and experiences of white-collar workers in different sectors. From the perspective of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness of the self-determination theory (SDT), the workplace satisfaction of white-collar workers related to the sudden change of workplace is investigated, and the way in which the post-pandemic workplace could look like in the future. The results of this study show that relatedness seems to be the toughest need to address while working from home, whereas more opportunities emerged to achieve competence and autonomy. The majority of employees prefer a hybrid mode of work in the future, to combine the advantages of both working in the office and working from home to maximise their social needs, flexibility and productivity.
date: 2021
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3823/1/Definite%20version%20Bachelor%20Thesis%20Eline%20de%20Preter.pdf
identifier:   Preter, Eline, E.M.L. de  (2021) Transitioning between Workplaces: Understanding white-collar workers’ perspectives on working from home and the working in the post-pandemic workplace based on the self-determination theory.  Bachelor thesis.