Employee's life quality considering changes in modes of work during the COVID-19 pandemic

S pojavom pandemije COVID-19 unatrag godinu dana život ljudi se promijenio u mnogo aspekta. Virus je utjecao na različite aspekte života pojedinca u vidu pojave različitih oblika ograničenja s ciljem očuvanja zdravlja, a koja su djelovala na kvalitetu života pojedinca. Jedan aspekt života u kojem, također, nisu izostale promjene je radni kontekst. S obzirom da je rad potreban za egzistenciju te obuhvaća velik dio dana, odnosno života osobe, važno je detaljnije proučavati promjene koje su se dogodile na tom polju, a koje su mogle biti povezane s kvalitetom života zaposlenika. Upravo iz toga razloga je provedeno ovo istraživanje na temu kvalitete života zaposlenika fokusirajući se na promjene u percipiranoj razini stresa i subjektivne dobrobiti s obzirom na promjene u obliku načina rada za vrijeme pandemije. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 156 zaposlenika s različitih područja Republike Hrvatske. Istraživanje je provođeno u periodu od svibnja do srpnja 2021. godine u online obliku. Upitnikom su zahvaćeni sociodemografski podaci, uvjeti u kojima su obavljali posao od kuće (oblik nastave djece, rad ostalih ukućana i sl.), Upitnik zadovoljstva životom, Ljestvicu percipiranog stresa, Upitnik novih načina rada te Ljestvicu konflikta radne i obiteljske uloge. Rezultati su ukazali umjerenu percipiranu razinu stresa te umjerenu razinu subjektivne dobrobiti. Generalno su i muškarci i žene procjenjivali veće ometanje radne uloge na obiteljsku nego obrnuto. Također, percipirani stres i subjektivna dobrobit su se pokazale statistički značajno povezane s konfliktom rad - obitelj i konfliktom obitelj - rad.With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, people’s lives changed in many aspects. The virus has affected various aspects of an individual's life in the form of the appearance of various forms of restrictions that have affected an individual's quality of life. One aspect of life in which there were/are also many changes is the work context. Given that work is necessary for existence and covers a large part of the day or life of a person, it is important to study in more detail the changes that have occurred in this field which can be related to the quality of life of employees. Because of this reason that this research was conducted on the topic of employee quality of life focusing on changes in perceived levels of stress and subjective well-being with respect to changes in the way we work during a pandemic. A total of 156 employees from different parts of the Republic of Croatia participated in the research. The survey was conducted in the period from May to July 2021 in online form. The questionnaire covered sociodemographic data, conditions in which they (employees) performed work from home (form of teaching children, work of other family members, etc.), Questionnaire of life satisfaction, Scale of perceived stress, Questionnaire of new ways of working and Scale of family – work conflict. The results indicated a moderate perceived level of stress and a moderate level of subjective well-being. In general, both men and women assessed a greater disruption of the work role to the family than vice versa. Also, perceived stress and subjective well-being were shown to be statistically significantly associated with work-family conflict and familywork conflict