Stress and myths related to the COVID 19 pandemic's effects on remote work
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to know the implications that COVID 19 has presented in the workplace to develop research strategies related to issues of human and organizational behavior on the business perspective. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative, exploratory based on primary and secondary sources, an online questionnaire was designed and applied with 33 items that was applied in the Mexican work environment, during the period from March 7 to 16, that is, in the same week as WHO made the pandemic declaration for COVID 19, obtaining a total of 332 responses. Findings With the descriptive analyzes carried out, it was possible to know the perception that people have of various aspects related to COVID 19, and subsequently the corresponding reliability tests were carried out, obtaining Cronbach's alpha indexes greater than 0.8. At the beginning of the declaration of pandemic by COVID 19, a relationship was shown between stress and the aspects related to the arrival of COVID 19, showing evidence of its impact on the workforce. Research limitations/implications This work has contributed ideas for academics, managers and areas of human resources that can promote the growth and development of people with the aim of achieving comprehensive well being in the workplace, generating better working conditions owing to the proposal to make remote work a successful strategy in the function of human resources in the workplace and in the improvement of society in general. Originality/value This research, in addition to being carried out with information obtained in the first weeks of March 2020, presents a model with ideas and themes to design future research projects and to analyze the post COVID 19 effects in the workplace, with a business perspective, human behavior and organization.
Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management