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

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 (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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“…The difficulty in achieving "work-life balance" by remotely working people was also observed in the previous study [34] before the pandemic [6]. Therefore, it is recommended that people working remotely should have some separate rules organizing their work and life to achieve WLB [36].…”

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“…Es conveniente, limitar las jornadas laborales remotas, de esta manera reducirán el cansancio y tener tiempo en su vida cotidiana. (Sandoval-Reyes et al, 2021).…”

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“…Поплавська О.М., Данилевич Н.С., Пасічніченко Д.В., 2022 SWOT-аналіз підтвердив гіпотезу авторів щодо недостатнього урахування колективним договором потреб працівників за теперішніх умов. Враховуючи рекомендації Міжнародної організації праці та наукові наробки[10,11], було розроблено доповнення до колективного договору,…”