Managing Work-Life Balance During the Covid-19 Crisis – a Survey with 1500+ Participants Worldwide
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AK Chancengleichheit der DPG Managing work-life balance during the Covid-19 crisis – A survey with 1500+ participants worldwide Berlin, Germany October 2020 Pınar Bilge1, Asım Can Alkan2, Ruzin Ağanoğlu3,* 1Fakultät V – Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme – der Technischen Universität Berlin, Germany 2Aganer Holding, Sonnefeld, Germany 3*Corresponding author, Arbeitskreis Chancengleichheit der DPG, [email protected] - Leave this page blank - Table of contents I Table of contents List of figures .......................................................................................................................................... IV List of tables ......................................................................................................................................... XIV List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ XVII 1 Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 1 2 Survey .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Design ...................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Measurements and covariates ................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Limitations ............................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Statistical analysis .................................................................................................................. 10 2.4.1 Analysis regarding participants ..................................................................................... 10 2.4.2 Lifestyles ........................................................................................................................ 14 2.4.3 Remote working ............................................................................................................ 19 2.4.4 Self-organization attitudes before and during the pandemic ....................................... 23 2.4.5 Post-pandemic concerns ............................................................................................... 26 3 Disclaimer ...................................................................................................................................... 28 4 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 29 5 Appendix I – Systemic analysis ...................................................................................................... 30 5.1 Comparison of post-pandemic concerns by continents, gender, and occupation ............... 30 5.1.1 Losing job ....................................................................................................................... 30 5.1.2 Financial stagnation / recession .................................................................................... 31 5.1.3 Social anxiety ................................................................................................................. 32 5.1.4 Not being able to work remotely after the COVID-19 crisis .......................................... 32 5.2 Comparison of lifestyle stress by continents and gender ..................................................... 38 5.3 Comparison of remote working stress by continents and gender ........................................ 41 5.4 Information transparency and impact of management support .......................................... 55 II Table of contents 5.4.1 Gender dimension ......................................................................................................... 58 5.4.2 Living arrangements dimension .................................................................................... 59 5.4.3 Occupational dimension ................................................................................................ 64 5.5 Relation between time-management / self-management practices and post-pandemic concerns ............................................................................................................................................ 74 5.6 Perception differences between leaders and non-leaders ................................................... 93 5.6.1 Gender dimension ......................................................................................................... 93 5.6.2 Occupational dimension .............................................................................................. 100 5.6.3 Regional differences, Europe vs. North America ......................................................... 106 5.6.4 Comparison of remote-working stress ........................................................................ 113 5.7 Relation between remote working settings and post-pandemic concerns ........................ 116 5.8 Post-pandemic concerns of participants with different educational background .............. 121 5.9 Post-pandemic concerns at different professional stages .................................................. 128 5.10 Demographic distribution of post-pandemic concerns ....................................................... 134 5.11 Reflection of pre-pandemic remote working perceptions .................................................. 141 6 Appendix II – Discussion .............................................................................................................. 142 7 Appendix III – Questionnaire ....................................................................................................... 149 8 Appendix IV – Open text analysis ................................................................................................ 154 9 Appendix V – Comments of the respondents ............................................................................. 155 9.1 Comments of respondents from Germany ......................................................................... 155 9.1.1 Female respondents with academic positions, physics background .......................... 155 9.1.2 Female respondents with non-academic positions, physics background ................... 160 9.1.3 Female respondents with academic positions, STEM background ............................. 162 9.1.4 Female respondents with non-academic positions, STEM background ..................... 168 9.1.5 Female respondents with academic positions, other educational background ......... 170 9.1.6 Female respondents with non-academic positions, other educational background .. 173 9.1.7 Male respondents with academic positions, physics background .............................. 175 9.1.8 Male respondents with non-academic positions, physics background ...................... 177 Table of contents III 9.1.9 Male respondents with academic positions, STEM background................................. 178 9.1.10 Male respondents with non-academic positions, STEM background ......................... 179 9.1.11 Male respondents with academic positions, other educational background ............. 180 9.1.12 Others respondents ..................................................................................................... 180 9.2 Comments of the respondents from Europe other than Germany .................................... 180 9.3 Comments of the respondents from North America .......................................................... 186 9.4 Comments of the respondents from Asia ........................................................................... 187 9.5 Comments of the respondents from South America .......................................................... 188 9.6 Comments of the respondents from other regions ............................................................ 188 IV List of figures List of figures Figure 1: Share of participants by continent ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 2: Participants’ demographics (age and gender) ....................................................................... 13 Figure 3: Educational background of the participants .......................................................................... 14 Figure 4: Professional experience of the participants ........................................................................... 14 Figure 5: Professional affiliation ............................................................................................................ 14 Figure 6: Is there a change in your private life because of the pandemic? .......................................... 15 Figure 7: Living arrangements by all participants ................................................................................. 16 Figure 8: Living arrangements by male and diverse participants .......................................................... 16 Figure 9: Living arrangements by female participants .......................................................................... 17 Figure 10: Scoring of lifestyle stressors by all participants ................................................................... 18 Figure 11: Scoring of lifestyle stressors by female participants ............................................................ 18 Figure 12: Scoring of lifestyle