[Initiatives, Outcomes, and Facilitating Factors to Changing Workplace Environments in Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Interviews with Employers and Human Resource Managers].

The rapid introduction of teleworking as a new working style in response to the need to balance infection control and business continuity resulted in increased loneliness and other associated stressors. Many SMEs stated that they could maintain a sense of solidarity in the workplace and improve employee autonomy through their efforts to incorporate employees' opinions and maintain human connections.