Work Environment: Leadership, Communication, and Autonomy. The Perception of Work Among Polish Employees During Turbulent Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
Work Environment: Leadership, Communication, and Autonomy. The Perception of Work Among Polish Employees During Turbulent Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: The article focuses on the assessment of knowledge workers’ relation with superiors, internalcommunication, perceived autonomy and feeling of appreciation. The goal of the article is also toextend current knowledge of the perception of cooperation between employees. The authors were ableto identify interdependencies among the researched variables and the impact of COVID-19 on peoples’professional situation. Design/methodology/approach: The article presents the results of a CAWI survey conducted on a largesample of 2778 specialists and managers in Poland. The researchers used the purposive sampling methodto reach the population of white-collar workers who experienced remote work or remote cooperationwith their colleagues. Findings: The empirical study showed that in most cases superiors passed the test and were positively evaluatedby their subordinates. The correlation analysis also showed that certain positive qualities of a managergo together and are positively correlated with professional situation assessment during the COVID-19 period. Research limitations/implications: The study describes the results in a large sample; however, thesampling method was not probabilistic and therefore we cannot use statistical inference for the generalpopulation of working specialists in Poland.Originality/value: The value of the article is the presentation of the up-to-date opinion of almost 3 thousandsspecialists employed in Poland. The text plays an important role in recording the influence of the pandemicon Polish employees.

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