A Research on Remote Working and Its Relation with Social and Demographic Variables

Abstract

Remote working has been widely experienced, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The present study aims to reveal the social and demographic determinants that have an impact on remote work attitudes and to make some recommendations about the future of remote work. We collected the data from 415 white-collar and remotely working people in different regions of Turkey by using the questionnaire method. We analyzed the collected data with the SPSS 22 package program. As a result, we observed that white-collar employees with higher education levels develop a more positive attitude towards remote working. On the other hand, when the workload of the employee increases with the remote working, they tend to employ a more negative approach towards remote working. If the organizations switch to remote working without controlling and balancing the workload, they may face negative consequences.