Understanding Remote Work Experience: Insights Into Well‐Being

Background: After the pandemic, software engineers were forced to work remotely, in many cases without prior experience of doing so. Objective: The objective of this work is to analyze the factors that influence engineers' motivation, stress and performance when working remotely after the pande...

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Autores: Vizcaíno Barceló. Aurora, Suárez Albánchez, Julio, Smite, Darja, García Rubio, Félix Óscar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/42898
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.2757
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/42898
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Remote Work
Software Engineers
Well-Being
Motivation
Stress
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Sumario:Background: After the pandemic, software engineers were forced to work remotely, in many cases without prior experience of doing so. Objective: The objective of this work is to analyze the factors that influence engineers' motivation, stress and performance when working remotely after the pandemic, and to what level. Methods: A significant number (around 1000) of Latin-American software development professionals from different countries who work remotely were surveyed in order to study the factors that affect them and how when they work in this manner. The data collected from the survey were then statistically analyzed using the partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method. Conclusions: The analysis of the data made it possible to conclude that there are direct negative effects of stress on performance and direct positive effects of motivation on performance. In addition, we found that skills, experience, and teamwork behavior, such as trust, communication, and knowledge sharing, play an important role when working remotely.