Personal Security and Cyberspace in Time Of COVID-19 Modes of Working

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of the quantitative research examining the level of the sense of security and the cognitive satisfaction connected with the intense use of digital technology as the result of the switch into remote or hybrid modes of working, especially in a group of high skilled workers. The study was conducted during second wave of the Covid-19 pandemics on the sample (N=246) of Polish employees representing Millenials’ generation. The online questionary was disseminated among employees until 30 age working in different sizes of enterprises (micro, SMEs and big ones), located in northern regions of Poland. The results have showed the moderately negative impact of the intensive cyberspace presence in connection with new modes of working for the personal sense of security of the respondents. The sense of security of respondents didn’t correlate with cognitive satisfaction flying from digital mode work. The found results can be used as recommendations for introducing more holistic well-being hr practices in organizations and also for implementing new kinds of nonfinancial benefits in talent management programs.