Well-being and engagement in home office

: how the personality traits openness and ambiguity intolerance affect the well-being and engagement of employees in home office

Abstract

Based on the theory of person-environment fit, this master's thesis investigated the influence of the personality traits ambiguity intolerance and openness on the subjective well-being and engagement of employees in two different home office models. I assumed that the personality traits ambiguity intolerance and openness have a positive effect on the subjective well-being and engagement of employees and that this relationship is moderated by the type of home office. A total sample of N = 142 was used to test the hypotheses via multiple regression. Although not all correlations in this study are moderated by home office as assumed, basic correlations emerge that allow us to identify possible starting points for supporting engagement and wellbeing of employees in home office. In this study, high ambiguity intolerance represents a conducive factor for increasing engagement in working at home office fully, while low ambiguity intolerance represents a conducive factor for increasing engagement in working at home office partially.

Date of Award	2 Feb 2022
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Cristina Soares Pacheco Mendonça (Supervisor)