TY - JOUR
T1 - Ongoing Remote Work, Returning to Working at Work, or in between during COVID-19
T2 - What Promotes Subjective Well-Being?
AU - Fan, Wen
AU - Moen, Phyllis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Sociological Association 2023.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a massive turn to remote work, followed by subsequent shifts for many into hybrid or fully returning to the office. To understand the patterned dynamics of subjective well-being associated with shifting places of work, we conducted a nationally representative panel survey (October 2020 and April 2021) of U.S. employees who worked remotely at some point since the pandemic (N = 1,817). Cluster analysis identified four patterned constellations of well-being based on burnout, work–life conflict, and job and life satisfaction. A total return to office is generally more stressful, leading to significantly lower probabilities of being in the optimal low stress/high satisfaction constellation by Wave 2, especially for men and women without care obligations. Remote and hybrid arrangements have salutary effects; moving to hybrid is especially positive for minority men and less educated men, although it disadvantages White women’s well-being.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a massive turn to remote work, followed by subsequent shifts for many into hybrid or fully returning to the office. To understand the patterned dynamics of subjective well-being associated with shifting places of work, we conducted a nationally representative panel survey (October 2020 and April 2021) of U.S. employees who worked remotely at some point since the pandemic (N = 1,817). Cluster analysis identified four patterned constellations of well-being based on burnout, work–life conflict, and job and life satisfaction. A total return to office is generally more stressful, leading to significantly lower probabilities of being in the optimal low stress/high satisfaction constellation by Wave 2, especially for men and women without care obligations. Remote and hybrid arrangements have salutary effects; moving to hybrid is especially positive for minority men and less educated men, although it disadvantages White women’s well-being.
KW - COVID-19
KW - intersectionality
KW - remote work
KW - stress process
KW - subjective well-being
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U2 - 10.1177/00221465221150283
DO - 10.1177/00221465221150283
M3 - Article
C2 - 36694978
AN - SCOPUS:85147377212
SN - 0022-1465
VL - 64
SP - 152
EP - 171
JO - Journal of health and social behavior
JF - Journal of health and social behavior
IS - 1
ER -