Self-control and performance while working from home
Copyright: © 2023 Baumann et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited..
This study explores the role of trait self-control in individuals' changes in performance and well-being when working from home (WFH). In a three-wave longitudinal study with UK workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that low self-control workers experienced a significant positive adjustment to WFH over time: The number of reported work distractions decreased, and self-assessed performance increased over the period of four months. In contrast, high self-control individuals did not show a similar upward trajectory. Despite the positive adjustment of low self-control individuals over time, on average, self-control was still positively associated with performance and negatively associated with work distractions. However, trait self-control was not consistently associated with changes in well-being. These findings provide a more nuanced view on trait self-control, suggesting that low self-control individuals can improve initial performance over time when working from home.
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18 |
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PloS one - 18(2023), 4 vom: 13., Seite e0282862 |
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Englisch |
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Date Completed 17.04.2023 Date Revised 26.04.2023 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282862 |
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