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A Configurational Evaluation of Spanish Teleworkers’ Perception and Nonperception of Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Identifier: imarina:9329060
    Authors:
    de Andrés-Sánchez, J
    Abstract:
    This paper assesses the explanatory power of individual, environmental, and job factors on Spanish telecommuters’ presence and absence of stress in a home telework setting during the COVID-19 crisis. It uses a survey of the Spanish agency “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas” on the perceptions of the Spanish population about several aspects of information communication technologies (ICTs) that was carried out in March 2021. We use fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to capture how factors combine to enable and inhibit stress feeling. The perception of stress is less covered by fsQCA configurations than the nonperception. However, fsQCA provides profiles that cause stress feelings and nonstress feelings with great consistency. We have checked that overload is the most important variable to explain stress. Likewise, fsQCA has also shown that while some variables, such as overload, isolation, non-adequacy, or organizational support, impact symmetrically on the presence and absence of stress perception, other factors, such as attaining a satisfactory work-home balance or gender, impact them asymmetrically. From a practical point of view, we can outline that clearer regulation of teleworking is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. However, there are also several challenges at the organization and worker level.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: de Andrés-Sánchez, J
    Department: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura
    URV's Author/s: De Andrés Sànchez, Jorge
    Keywords: Teleworking Stress Social-isolation Home-based telework Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis Covid-19 pandemic Configurational analysis work stress home-based telework health fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis exhaustion covid-19 pandemic configurational analysis
    Abstract: This paper assesses the explanatory power of individual, environmental, and job factors on Spanish telecommuters’ presence and absence of stress in a home telework setting during the COVID-19 crisis. It uses a survey of the Spanish agency “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas” on the perceptions of the Spanish population about several aspects of information communication technologies (ICTs) that was carried out in March 2021. We use fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to capture how factors combine to enable and inhibit stress feeling. The perception of stress is less covered by fsQCA configurations than the nonperception. However, fsQCA provides profiles that cause stress feelings and nonstress feelings with great consistency. We have checked that overload is the most important variable to explain stress. Likewise, fsQCA has also shown that while some variables, such as overload, isolation, non-adequacy, or organizational support, impact symmetrically on the presence and absence of stress perception, other factors, such as attaining a satisfactory work-home balance or gender, impact them asymmetrically. From a practical point of view, we can outline that clearer regulation of teleworking is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. However, there are also several challenges at the organization and worker level.
    Thematic Areas: Sociology Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Interdisciplinary research in the humanities Enfermagem Educação física
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: jorge.deandres@urv.cat jorge.deandres@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7715-779X 0000-0002-7715-779X
    Record's date: 2024-08-03
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Societies. 13 (8):
    APA: de Andrés-Sánchez, J (2023). A Configurational Evaluation of Spanish Teleworkers’ Perception and Nonperception of Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Societies, 13(8), -. DOI: 10.3390/soc13080178
    Article's DOI: 10.3390/soc13080178
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Social Sciences (Miscellaneous),Sociology
    Teleworking
    Stress
    Social-isolation
    Home-based telework
    Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
    Covid-19 pandemic
    Configurational analysis
    work
    stress
    home-based telework
    health
    fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
    exhaustion
    covid-19 pandemic
    configurational analysis
    Sociology
    Social sciences (miscellaneous)
    Social sciences (all)
    Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences
    Interdisciplinary research in the humanities
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
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