Home, Office or Hybrid? Which is the Ideal Working Model for Software Developers?

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 884 - 903, 30.06.2024

Muhammet Tortumlu , Hasan Hüseyin Uzunbacak

https://doi.org/10.30798/makuiibf.1443197

Abstract

The main aim of this research is to examine the impacts of the radical changes in work model choice brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic on the emotions and attitudes of employees. The study group consists of 113 software developers who have returned to working from the office after Covid-19, 163 who continue to work from home, and 131 who are hybrid working from home. As a result of the research, it was seen that there were significant differences in the levels of job-related affective well-being, loneliness at work and leader member exchange between home-based, office-based and hybrid employees. Job related affective well-being and leader member exchange were found to be higher in hybrid employees compared to those working from home and office, and loneliness at work was found to be lower. There was no significant difference between the study groups in the levels of coworker exchange. Due to the current nature of the research findings, they have been discussed within the framework of limited studies in the field literature.

Keywords

Loneliness at Work, Job Related Affective Well-Being, Leader Member Exchange, Coworker Exchange, Software Developers

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