Pengaruh Loneliness at Work terhadap Komitmen Organisasi pada Teleworker

  • Ghanny Rachmat Priandi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi
  • Anna Rozana Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi
Keywords: telcommuting, teleworker, loneliness at work, komitmen organisasi

Abstract

Abstract. Telecommuting is a work arrangement that allows employees who are outside certain geographic boundaries to still be able to work towards common goals with the help of communication technology to stay connected with others outside and within the organization. During telecommuting, employees often feel isolated from their co-workers. Based on that will lead them to loneliness at work. Lack of emotional attachment to the organization as a result of loneliness in the workplace can weaken employees' organizational commitment. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of loneliness at work on the dimensions of organizational commitment to teleworkers. The research population was 44 employees of PT. X who carried out telecommuting. This study uses the Loneliness at Work Scale (LAWS) (2005) which has been adapted into Indonesian by Wahyuni ​​and Muafi (2021) and Dimensions of Organizational Commitment (1991) which Sulistiawan, Diah sari, & Situmorang (2020). The results of this study show that simultaneously, loneliness at work has a significant effect on an affective commitment by 19.1% (sig, .013) and on normative commitment by 54.8% (sig, .000). This means that loneliness at work has a significant effect on affective commitment and normative commitment.

Abstrak. Telecommuting merupakan pengaturan kerja yang memungkinkan karyawan yang berada di luar batas geografi tertentu untuk tetap bisa bekerja mencapai tujuan bersama dengan bantuan teknologi komunikasi agar tetap terhubung dengan orang lain diluar maupun didalam organisasi. Selama melakukan telecommuting seringkali karyawan merasakan terisolasi dari rekan kerja mereka. Berdasarkan tersebut akan mengarahkan mereka kepada loneliness at work. Kurangnya ikatan emosional dengan organisasi akibat dari loneliness at work dapat melemahkan komitmen organisasi karyawan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk melihat pengaruh antara loneliness at work terhadap dimensi komitmen organisasi pada teleworker. Populasi penelitian sebanyak 44 orang karyawan PT. X yang melaksanakan telecommuting. Penelitian ini menggunakan alat ukur Loneliness at Work Scale (LAWS) (2005) yang telah diadaptasi ke Bahasa Indonesia oleh Wahyuni dan Muafi (2021) dan Dimensi Komitmen Organisasi (1991) yang Sulistiawan, Diah sari, & Situmorang (2020). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan secara simultan, loneliness at work berpengaruh signifikan terhadap komitmen affective sebesar 19.1% (sig, .013) dan terhadap komitmen normative sebesar 54.8 % (sig, .000). Artinya loneliness at work berpengaruh secara signifikan dengan komitmen affective dan komitmen normative.

Published
2022-01-20