The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design

dc.contributor.advisorMeyer, Ines
dc.contributor.authorTsai, Ashley Yi-Chen
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T09:58:38Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T09:58:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-04-09T12:22:40Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to assess to what degree SMART work design and its individual dimensions can predict wellbeing, and the relative importance of the five dimensions (stimulation, mastery, agency, relationship, tolerable demands) in predicting wellbeing, amongst individuals working either mostly face-to-face or virtually. The descriptive, online survey study recruited participants (N = 160) with purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Regression results, as expected, revealed that SMART work design was a significant predictor for wellbeing in both working modes. Only mastery and tolerable demands predicted unique variance in the wellbeing of employees working mostly face-to-face (N = 109) and tolerable demands was the only predictor explaining unique variance in mostly virtually working employees' wellbeing (N = 51). Relative weight analysis revealed that these differences resulted from the different sample sizes as the relative importance of the five SMART work design dimensions did not differ significantly across the two working modes. The study results suggested that it might be beneficial for organisations to allocate appropriate resources to create work which meets SMART work design standards regardless of employees' working mode to improve employee wellbeing.
dc.identifier.apacitationTsai, A. Y. (2024). <i>The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTsai, Ashley Yi-Chen. <i>"The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTsai, A.Y. 2024. The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Tsai, Ashley Yi-Chen AB - The purpose of this study was to assess to what degree SMART work design and its individual dimensions can predict wellbeing, and the relative importance of the five dimensions (stimulation, mastery, agency, relationship, tolerable demands) in predicting wellbeing, amongst individuals working either mostly face-to-face or virtually. The descriptive, online survey study recruited participants (N = 160) with purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Regression results, as expected, revealed that SMART work design was a significant predictor for wellbeing in both working modes. Only mastery and tolerable demands predicted unique variance in the wellbeing of employees working mostly face-to-face (N = 109) and tolerable demands was the only predictor explaining unique variance in mostly virtually working employees' wellbeing (N = 51). Relative weight analysis revealed that these differences resulted from the different sample sizes as the relative importance of the five SMART work design dimensions did not differ significantly across the two working modes. The study results suggested that it might be beneficial for organisations to allocate appropriate resources to create work which meets SMART work design standards regardless of employees' working mode to improve employee wellbeing. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - organisational psychology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2024 T1 - The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design TI - The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTsai AY. The employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41384en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentOrganisational Psychology
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectorganisational psychology
dc.titleThe employee wellbeing in face-to-face and virtual work: an exploration of the role of SMART work design
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMA
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