The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic Conditions
(1) Background: The aim of this study is to describe manager–employee and employee–employee relations during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on measures of the likely use of elements of remote teaching by university employees in the future. (2) Methods: The study used a descriptive-correlatio...
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| description | (1) Background: The aim of this study is to describe manager–employee and employee–employee relations during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on measures of the likely use of elements of remote teaching by university employees in the future. (2) Methods: The study used a descriptive-correlation research design with a survey as the primary instrument for data gathering. A total of 732 personnel took part in the survey, selected by a convenience sampling technique. The researchers used an adapted and modified instrument to gather data. The instrument underwent a reliability test. This study used structural equation modeling to confirm hypotheses. (3) Results: It was shown that manager–employee relations at Polish universities during the COVID-19 pandemic were of low quality. However, employee–employee relations were of above-average quality, and have a significant positive impact on intentions to use elements of remote working in the future. (4) Conclusions: Based on the results of the study, some general recommendations are presented for change management and relationship-building. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-159a815bb0304c9fac14662671efad1f2023-11-21T16:07:00ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-04-0112417410.3390/info12040174The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic ConditionsIwona Staniec0Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Production Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Piotrkowska 266, 90-924 Lodz, Poland(1) Background: The aim of this study is to describe manager–employee and employee–employee relations during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on measures of the likely use of elements of remote teaching by university employees in the future. (2) Methods: The study used a descriptive-correlation research design with a survey as the primary instrument for data gathering. A total of 732 personnel took part in the survey, selected by a convenience sampling technique. The researchers used an adapted and modified instrument to gather data. The instrument underwent a reliability test. This study used structural equation modeling to confirm hypotheses. (3) Results: It was shown that manager–employee relations at Polish universities during the COVID-19 pandemic were of low quality. However, employee–employee relations were of above-average quality, and have a significant positive impact on intentions to use elements of remote working in the future. (4) Conclusions: Based on the results of the study, some general recommendations are presented for change management and relationship-building.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/4/174remote workingmanager–employee relationsemployee–employee relationsprocess management |
| spellingShingle | Iwona Staniec The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic Conditions Information remote working manager–employee relations employee–employee relations process management |
| title | The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic Conditions |
| title_full | The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic Conditions |
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| title_short | The Nature of Employee–Organization Relationships at Polish Universities under Pandemic Conditions |
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