Date of Conferral

5-29-2024

Date of Award

May 2024

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Psychology

Advisor

Binh Ngo

Abstract

The need for remote work has sparked a global discussion about the prospects of adopting home, office, remote, and hybrid work patterns. There are opportunities and challenges with the adoption of remote and hybrid work from individual, group, and leadership perspectives. In a post-COVID-19 world where changes to the way individuals work have been impacted, this study addresses the effect of the built environment on employee engagement and whether personality impacts the relationship between hybrid work characteristics and employee engagement in the modern workplace. A quantitative non-experimental, correlational multiple regression research design was used to analyze the relationships between variables. This study examined correlations between employee personality and employee engagement and hybrid work characteristics respectively and whether the relationship between hybrid work characteristics and employee engagement is impacted when moderated by employee personality. The target population for this study were employees between the ages of 18-80 who worked in the technology sector in the United States. Correlational multiple regression techniques were used to evaluate the data from 371 participant surveys. Analyses revealed that demographic data did not impact employee personality, hybrid work characteristics, and employee engagement. The results of this study may have an impact on positive social change by shedding light on how and where employees could work for optimal engagement based on personality and hybrid work characteristics; considering both traits and social-cognitive approaches as researchers look for ways to enhance the working conditions of employees.

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