Impact of Online Work Mode on Personal Well-being: Exploring Paradigm Shifts in the Relationship Between Resilience Coping, Life Orientation, Hope, and Purpose in Life
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shifted global work patterns, accelerating the adoption of remote and hybrid work environments. Most theories and studies related to fundamental personal well-being variables have traditionally been grounded in fully offline work modes. This leaves gaps in understanding how these well-established concepts apply to online and hybrid work environments. This study aims to investigate the impact of online work modes on the foundations of personal well-being by exploring the relationships between resilience, life orientation, hope, and purpose in life, across both online and offline work settings. Data were collected from 469 participants, including 348 participants working in online-related roles and 121 in fully offline positions. Findings indicated that hope had the strongest positive influence on purpose in life across both work mode categories (online: β = .667; offline: β = .657). Based on the total effects model, resilience has a stronger effect in online work environments (β = .547), while life orientation has a greater impact in offline work environments (β = .602). Resilience was found to be crucial for managing isolation in online settings, where hope, which included an item reflecting loneliness, fully mediated its effect on purpose in life. In contrast, life orientation was more central in offline environments, with both direct and indirect effects on purpose in life. Hope’s partial mediation effect in offline settings suggests additional variables may be needed to fully explain this relationship, particularly regarding interpersonal connections.
Source: ABAC Journal
Institutions: Thammasat University, Chulalongkorn University
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4408043026