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ERIC Number: ED645516
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 132
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-8340-0339-7
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Impacts of COVID-19 on Teleworkers
Briana Brown-Burress
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, City University of Seattle
Employees that telework do so for different reasons, including being environmentally responsible, freedom and flexibility, autonomy, and dependent care. However, when the global pandemic COVID-19 hit, the number of teleworking individuals abruptly increased, including but not limited to the education field. There is limited research on how the effects of COVID-19 impacts teleworking. The purpose of this study is to investigate what educators experienced during the pandemic and how it affected their physical and mental well-being. Snowball sampling was used to identify participants that met the specific criteria for the study. The sample respondents included in this research study were licensed educators, certified in a specialized field, that worked full-time (35 hours or more a week) for a K-12 school in a physical setting. These respondents included administrators, counselors, and teachers who transitioned to working and teaching from home when the pandemic started. The semi-structured interviews for this study were conducted using Zoom. The data collected during individual interviews with the participants described the experiences of educators who transitioned to telework due to COVID-19. Transcript accuracy checks were utilized to review and confirm the complete interview transcripts. Data analysis occurred with the use of Dedoose, a qualitative data analysis software. The three emergent themes were: (1) time, (2) boundaries, and (3) well-being. The contextual categories within the themes were: productivity, challenges, flexibility, work-life balance, mental and physical health, value and empowerment, and social isolation. Educators offered recommendations for practice to promote trainings for teleworking, provide clear communication for expectations, consider work-life balance, arrange resources for mental/physical health, provide necessary technology and hardware, and acknowledgement and recognition. The findings from this study could be beneficial for leaders when transitioning to a teleworking structure, giving opportunities to support employees virtually and help establish, implement, and execute teleworking policies and procedures to meet their organization's and employees' needs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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