During the COVID-19 pandemic, teleworking has become more widely used due to the necessity of maintaining employment and production while observing social-distancing mandates. Consequently, both employers and health professionals have become more interested in exploring the effects that teleworking has on employees. Workplace health climate is one measure that employers may use to assess employees’ perceptions of workplace support for their health and well-being. Additionally, workplace health climate has been shown to impact employees’ health behaviors and health outcomes. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to determine the relationship between workplace health climate and the frequency of teleworking. The inquiry design was a needs assessment utilizing a survey consisting of 16 items. Respondents consisted of 1618 employees of a public university in the United States. Differences in workplace health climate scores based on telework frequency, age, and sex were analyzed for statistical significance. A Kruskal-Wallis test revealed a significant relationship between telework status and organizational support, supervisor support, and total workplace health climate scores. Additionally, there was a significant difference between the mean supervisor and peer support scores between age groups. There were no significant differences in workplace health climate scores between male and female employees. The findings from this study support existing literature that suggests remote working can be beneficial to employee health and well-being. To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the relationship between workplace health climate and teleworking.
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Telework, Workplace Health Climate, COVID-19, Organizational Support, Employee Wellness
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Alyssa Lowry, Brittany Acors, Lana Kheir, Dev Bhojwani, Victor Tringali. (2022). The Relationship of Workplace Health Climate and Telework Status. American Journal of Health Research, 10(3), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajhr.20221003.14
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