Date of Award

8-2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Degree Discipline

Business Administration

Abstract

Remote work gained steady popularity in all sectors after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined how matching employees' preferred remote work setup with their actual work environment affected job satisfaction, engagement, stress, and the desire to leave the company. Framed by Person-Environment Fit, the research examined how the match between individual preferences and work arrangements influenced these outcomes. Participants were surveyed using a 4x4 factorial design to capture responses across various remote work scenarios. Data regression analyses indicated that alignment between remote work preferences and actual work arrangements significantly improved job satisfaction and reduced stress and turnover intention. The expected impact on engagement was unclear, with the results partially confirming the hypothesis. These findings show the difficulty of creating remote work policies that meet all employees' needs.

Keywords: Remote work, person-environment fit, virtuality, job satisfaction, job engagement, job-related stress, turnover intention

Committee Chair/Advisor

Robert Zinko

Committee Member

Reginald Bell

Committee Member

Qiang Fei

Committee Member

Christopher Furner

Publisher

Prairie View A&M University

Rights

© 2021 Prairie View A & M University

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Date of Digitization

7/21/2025

Contributing Institution

J. B . Coleman Library

City of Publication

Prairie View

MIME Type

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