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Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation

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  • Juan Sandoval-Reyes

    (Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía 250001, Colombia)

  • Sandra Idrovo-Carlier

    (INALDE Business School, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía 250001, Colombia)

  • Edison Jair Duque-Oliva

    (Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 111321, Colombia
    Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondon 104135, Ecuador)

Abstract

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 (? = 0.269; p < 0.01), reduced work–life balance (? = ?0.225; p < 0.01) and work satisfaction (? = ?0.190; p < 0.01), and increased productivity (? = 0.120; p < 0.01) and engagement (? = 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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  • Juan Sandoval-Reyes & Sandra Idrovo-Carlier & Edison Jair Duque-Oliva, 2021. "Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-12, July.
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