The Relationship between Job Demand and Work–life Balance in a Home Office Context: Mediating and Moderating Role of JDCS, Mental Health, and Performance
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This thesis aims to study the relationship between job demand and work–life balancein a home office context, with the mediating and moderating role of JDCS, mental health, andperformance through data collected specifically in relation to remote working. The data thatwas produced during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding home office is relatively new andopen to deeper analysis since it can give different results because of the context in which itwas collected.The data analyzed was secondary data from OsloMet collected through a survey inNorway during the Covid-19 pandemic. This survey had a total of 5038 respondents, but only2578 of these were relevant to this study by answering questions related to our topic andscope.Several analysis was done to study this relationship, via testing different effects andinteractions related to it. A moderate correlation between job demand and work–life balancewas found. Job control and social support showed to not moderate the relationship, butemotional exhaustion and workload partially mediated the relationship, while performancedid not.Our study revealed that the perceived job demand can affect the work–life balance,and be partially mediated through how emotional exhausted workers feel, and how well theyperceive they are handling their workload. The results also highlight the importance ofworkers to differentiate between work- and non-work life in a home office context, to ensureless negative spillover from one aspect of life to another.