A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON WORK-LIFE BALANCE OF TURKISH EMPLOYEES IN VARIOUS SECTORS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, which is a very new process and we are in, many organizations had to quickly adapt to the home working/remote working system. Especially in order to ensure the health and safety of employees, many organizations have switched to working from home and even some organizations are still continuing this process. This article is a research article and aims to reveal the work life balance of employees and statistical differences in terms of various characteristics during the Covid-19 pandemic process. The research was conducted using a survey with a total of 165 employees. SPSS 24 Package program was used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research, the work life balance of the employees during the pandemic process differs statistically significantly according to gender, age, marital status, lifestyle, sector and position. Work life balance does not show a statistically significant difference in terms of having children, education level and receiving phone/email outside of working hours. When the average daily working hours of the employees before the pandemic and the average daily working hours during / after the pandemic are compared, it is revealed that there are changes in working hours.

Keywords

• work life balance
• covid-19
• pandemic
• coronavirus

COVİD-19 PANDEMİSİ SIRASINDA ÇEŞİTLİ SEKTÖRLERDEKİ TÜRK ÇALIŞANLARIN İŞ-YAŞAM DENGESİ ÜZERİNE BETİMLEYİCİ BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Çok yeni bir süreç olan ve içinde bulunduğumuz Covid-19 pandemi sürecinde birçok organizasyonun hızlı şekilde evden çalışma/uzaktan çalışma sistemine adapte olması gerekmiştir. Özellikle çalışanların sağlıklarını ve güvenliklerini sağlayabilmek adına birçok organizasyon evden çalışma sistemine geçmiş ve hatta bazı organizasyonlar bu süreci halen devam ettirmektedir. Bu makale, bir araştırma makalesi olup Covid-19 pandemisi sürecinde çalışanların iş-yaşam dengelerini ve çeşitli özellikler açısından istatistiksel farklılıkları ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, toplamda 165 çalışan ile anket kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 24 paket programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, çalışanların pandemi sürecindeki iş-yaşam dengesi cinsiyete, yaşa, medeni duruma, yaşam tarzına, çalıştıkları sektöre ve pozisyona göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı şekilde farklılaşmaktadır. İş yaşam dengesi çocuk sahibi olma, eğitim seviyesi ve mesai dışında telefon/mail alma durumuna göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık görülmediği saptanmıştır.

Keywords

• İş-yaşam dengesi
• Covid-19
• pandemi
• koronavirüs

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