Table 2.

Perceived impact of telework in general on various career aspects: regression results (full study sample; N = 2673)

Aspect	% perceiving positive impact on aspect	Significantly more pronounced if …	Significantly less pronounced if …
Overall job satisfaction	65.7%	Province of East Flanders; better current health; longer tenure with current employer; more satisfied with job; sector is human resources or agriculture and horticulture; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework; temporarily extended telework	Living in the centre of a city; better health before COVID-19 crisis
Promotion opportunities	9.7%	Uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19; more satisfied with job; more autonomous in job; more feedback from others in job; sector is agriculture and horticulture; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Tertiary education; province of West Flanders; province of East Flanders; sector is communication, management or marketing
Professional development	26.1%	Better current health; uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19; more satisfied with job; sector is agriculture and horticulture; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Tertiary education; better health before COVID-19 crisis; sector is communication; temporarily extended telework
Task efficiency	56.3%	Female; better current health; uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19; longer tenure with current employer; sector is human resources, agriculture and horticulture or marketing; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Tertiary education; better health before COVID-19 crisis; part-time contract
Commitment to employer	18.4%	Migration background; better current health; sector is agriculture and horticulture; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Tertiary education; better health before COVID-19 crisis
Work–life balance	64.6%	In a relationship and cohabiting; province of East Flanders; better current health; uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19 or infected by COVID-19 for the moment; sector is agriculture and horticulture; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework; temporarily extended telework	Living in the centre of a city; more dependent on others in job; more feedback from others in job
Relationship with colleagues	14.4%	Female; migration background; higher number of resident children; better current health; uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19; sector is maintenance; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Tertiary education; better health before COVID-19 crisis; longer tenure with current employer; more satisfied with job; temporarily extended telework
Stress management	48.4%	Better current health; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Higher number of resident children; better health before COVID-19 crisis; more dependent on others in job; more feedback from others in job; sector is education
Burnout prevention	47.6%	Better current health; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Better health before COVID-19 crisis; more dependent on others in job; more feedback from others in job
Work concentration	50.7%	Female; higher age; better current health; uncertain about having been infected by COVID-19; more interaction outside organisation in job; temporarily unemployed; higher % of work potentially done via telework	Living in the centre of a city; better health before COVID-19 crisis; part-time contract; more feedback from others in job

The proportion ‘perceiving positive impact’ corresponds to the sum of those who indicated ‘certainly positive effect’ and ‘rather positive effect’ to the related survey item (see Appendix A). The relationship to the personal and job characteristics was analysed by means of a linear regression analysis with heteroscedasticity-robust standard errors (in which all characteristics mentioned in Table 1 were included). The significance level was set as p < 0.05