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Guvendi, Muge (2025) The Effect of the Remote Work Model on Academic Counsellors Post-COVID-19: An Analysis of Work-Life Balance and Motivation. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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This study aims to analyse the influence of organisational infrastructure, support, and culture on motivation and work-life balance among educational specialists working on the basis of the remote work model caused by the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The introduction of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the fact that remote working has almost instantly transformed itself into one of the dominant work patterns in different industries around the world. This transition has produced a considerable change in the traditional leadership styles, work arrangements, and work experiences of employees in the education advisory industry, and hence it is worth discussing its wider consequences. The aims were the determination of the impact that these independent variables had on motivation and work-life balance among education professionals. A quantitative research approach was utilised where 100 participants were chosen through purposive sampling by referencing professional networks, groups of linked individuals, and education-consultancy associations on LinkedIn. The descriptive and inferential statistics used in SPSS to analyse the data included regression analysis to collect the information using a structured questionnaire that was not statistical. The key results pointed to the organisational culture and infrastructure exerting a significant positive impact on motivation and work-life balance, but surprisingly, the organisational support reduced motivation and had no significant impact on work-life balance. Following the results, the research area proposed the creation of detailed guidelines on remote work adapted to the specifics of educational advisors, the investment in digital competencies and communication skills training, and the development of virtual structures of social support. The research ended up with the conclusion that a supportive organisational culture and enhanced infrastructure are key to maintaining employee motivation and work-life balance within remote work scenarios, whereas organisational support mechanisms and their redesign need to be approached cautiously to ensure that negative outcomes are not introduced.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Tan, Eileen UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Infrastructure; Organizational Support; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Motivation |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > Diseases > Outbreaks of disease > Epidemics > COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Hours of Labour > Flexible work arrangements H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Performance Management > Motivation H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Organisational Behaviour > Organisational Culture H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Quality of Work Life / Job Satisfaction |
| Divisions: | School of Business (- 2025) > Master of Science in International Business |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2025 15:37 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2025 15:37 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/9045 |
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