Does working from home limit our strengths?
Investigating character strength application in hybrid work contexts within 2 diary studies
Publication date
2025-04-06
Document type
Forschungsartikel
Author
Organisational unit
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Series or journal
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
ISSN
Periodical volume
36
Periodical issue
6
First page
925
Last page
955
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Language
English
Abstract
This paper focuses on office worker’s application of character strengths in hybrid working contexts using two diary studies to identify: (1) strength application is effective for positive outcomes in fully remote contexts, and (2) whether the application of strengths differs remote vs. office days. First, we investigated the relationship between strength application and self-efficacy, performance, and strain with a fully remote sample of 63 participants. In a second study with a hybrid sample consisting of 92 participants, we replicated the effects of strength application on the outcomes and added daily work location as a moderator. We found that strength application at work was positively related to self-efficacy and performance in both studies, and also negatively related to job strain in the second study. The relationship between daily strength application and self-efficacy, as well as performance, was moderated by work location, indicating that employees benefit more from strength application in term of their self-efficacy when they worked at the office. We discuss the implications for workers and employers, potential benefits, and challenges of remote work practices.
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