| dc.contributor.author | Król, Małgorzata | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trzęsiok, Joanna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-25T10:25:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-25T10:25:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-06-24 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1508-2008 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11089/58643 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The article examines the similarities and differences in how employees across four Central European countries evaluate the consequences of remote work. The primary objective is to cluster these consequences into closely interrelated advantages and disadvantages that form directly unobservable factors. The research was carried out using a diagnostic survey method that comprised 1,022 respondents from four countries: Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The respondents evaluated the positive and negative outcomes of remote work. To achieve the research objective, principal component analysis was used. Six factors common to all the studied countries were identified. Two of these factors are positive, and four are negative, with respondents placing greater weight on the advantages than the disadvantages. Factors such as cost savings and the positive impact on work life, non-work life, and health were indicated as primary advantages. However, perceptions of some advantages varied across the four countries. The issue of exclusion was the most frequently cited disadvantage. The research provides reliable information concerning the comparative assessments of the consequences of remote work. Its significance lies in demonstrating that a broad spectrum of individual outcomes can be distilled into six underlying factors. They contribute to the existing literature on remote work and offer practical insights for both management and remote workers. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Celem poznawczym artykułu jest identyfikacja podobieństw i różnic w ocenie konsekwencji pracy zdalnej z perspektywy pracobiorców w czterech krajach Europy Środkowej, a celem metodycznym – podział konsekwencji pracy zdalnej na takie grupy zalet i wad, które w ocenie respondentów są ze sobą ściśle powiązane i tworzą nieobserwowalne bezpośrednio czynniki. Badanie zrealizowano metodą sondażu diagnostycznego, którym objęto respondentów z czterech państw: Czech, Polski, Słowacji i Słowenii. Próba badawcza liczyła 1022 osoby, które zapytano o pozytywne i negatywne skutki pracy zdalnej. Do zrealizowania postawionych celów zastosowano analizę głównych składowych. Wśród konsekwencji pracy zdalnej wyodrębniono sześć czynników wspólnych dla wszystkich badanych krajów. Dwa z nich mają charakter pozytywny, a cztery negatywny, przy czym dla respondentów ważniejsze były zalety niż wady. Najczęściej wskazywane były oszczędności z tytułu pracy zdalnej oraz pozytywny wpływ na życie zawodowe, pozazawodowe i zdrowie. Jednak część zalet pracy zdalnej była odmiennie rozumiana przez respondentów z różnych krajów. Wśród wad najczęściej wskazywany był problem wyłączenia z organizacji. Badanie dostarczyło wiarygodnych informacji na temat podobieństw i różnic w ocenie konsekwencji pracy zdalnej przez pracowników z czterech krajów. Jego wartość polega też na wskazaniu możliwości zastąpienia licznej puli konsekwencji pracy zdalnej sześcioma czynnikami ukrytymi. Uzyskane wyniki wnoszą wkład do literatury na temat pracy zdalnej. Mogą być wartościowe zarówno dla kadry kierowniczej, jak i pracowników zdalnych. | pl |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | pl |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe;2 | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 | |
| dc.subject | remote work | en |
| dc.subject | hybrid work | en |
| dc.subject | Central Europe | en |
| dc.subject | praca zdalna | pl |
| dc.subject | praca hybrydowa | pl |
| dc.subject | pozytywne i negatywne konsekwencje pracy zdalnej | pl |
| dc.subject | Europa Centralna | pl |
| dc.subject | analiza głównych składowych | pl |
| dc.title | The Consequences of Remote Work – a Comparison of Four Central European Countries | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Analiza konsekwencji pracy zdalnej – porównanie czterech krajów Europy Środkowej | pl |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.page.number | 87-103 | |
| dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Król, Małgorzata - University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland | en |
| dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Trzęsiok, Joanna - University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2082-6737 | |
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| dc.contributor.authorEmail | Król, Małgorzata - malgorzata.krol@ue.katowice.pl | |
| dc.contributor.authorEmail | Trzęsiok, Joanna - joanna.trzesiok@ue.katowice.pl | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.18778/1508-2008.29.12 | |
| dc.relation.volume | 29 | |