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Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the relationship between work and life almost everywhere on the planet. Suddenly, remote work became the mainstream way of working for millions of workers. In this context, we explore how the relationship between remote work, work stress, and work–life developed during...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281007 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137069 |
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author | Sandoval-Reyes, Juan Idrovo-Carlier, Sandra Duque-Oliva, Edison Jair |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic affected the relationship between work and life almost everywhere on the planet. Suddenly, remote work became the mainstream way of working for millions of workers. In this context, we explore how the relationship between remote work, work stress, and work–life developed during pandemic times in a Latin America context. In a sample of 1285 responses collected between April and May 2020, through a PLS-SEM model, we found that remote work in pandemic times increased perceived stress (β = 0.269; p < 0.01), reduced work–life balance (β = −0.225; p < 0.01) and work satisfaction (β = −0.190; p < 0.01), and increased productivity (β = 0.120; p < 0.01) and engagement (β = 0.120; p < 0.01). We also found a partial moderating effect, competitive and complementary, of perceived stress, and one significant gender difference: when working remotely, perceived stress affects men’s productivity more acutely than women’s productivity. |
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spelling | pubmed-82970052021-07-23 Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation Sandoval-Reyes, Juan Idrovo-Carlier, Sandra Duque-Oliva, Edison Jair Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic affected the relationship between work and life almost everywhere on the planet. Suddenly, remote work became the mainstream way of working for millions of workers. In this context, we explore how the relationship between remote work, work stress, and work–life developed during pandemic times in a Latin America context. In a sample of 1285 responses collected between April and May 2020, through a PLS-SEM model, we found that remote work in pandemic times increased perceived stress (β = 0.269; p < 0.01), reduced work–life balance (β = −0.225; p < 0.01) and work satisfaction (β = −0.190; p < 0.01), and increased productivity (β = 0.120; p < 0.01) and engagement (β = 0.120; p < 0.01). We also found a partial moderating effect, competitive and complementary, of perceived stress, and one significant gender difference: when working remotely, perceived stress affects men’s productivity more acutely than women’s productivity. MDPI 2021-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8297005/ /pubmed/34281007 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137069 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sandoval-Reyes, Juan Idrovo-Carlier, Sandra Duque-Oliva, Edison Jair Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title | Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title_full | Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title_fullStr | Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title_full_unstemmed | Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title_short | Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation |
title_sort | remote work, work stress, and work–life during pandemic times: a latin america situation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281007 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137069 |
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