Impact of Psychosocial Adaptability
To Success of Business from Home

This study analyzes different impacts of the psychosocial adaptability of workers at/from home on the success of their home-run businesses. Four samples constitute 1031 respondents from four countries of the Western Balkans: 201 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 201 from Montenegro, 221 from Northern Macedonia and 408 from Serbia. Samples have incidental character because they include all those working from home who accepted to fill in the questionnaire in electronic form. For the needs of this research, two instruments were created: The Scale of psychosocial adaptability designed with 13 and the Questionnaire on economic indicators of work at/from home comprising 14 items. The Scale of psychosocial adaptability to work at/from home was submitted to Warimax factor analysis and two “pure”, easily interpretable factors, indicated sound psychosocial adaptability were obtained. Analysis of the connection of the Scale of psychosocial adaptability with the success of the business at/from home was conducted by application of ANOV and over factor scores of the Scale. In general, good psychosocial adaptability to both factors and a positive impact on almost all researched economic activities of work at/from home was shown, which is contradictory to the results of numerous international pieces of research. Authors explained this discrepancy and tend to submit these to critical analysis.

work at/from home, psychosocial adaptability, economic indicators

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