Difficulties for Teleworking of Public Employees in the Spanish Public Administration

José María Ortiz-Lozano, Pedro César Martínez-Morán and Iván Fernández-Muñoz
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José María Ortiz-Lozano: Quantitative Methods Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Pedro César Martínez-Morán: Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Iván Fernández-Muñoz: ICADE Business School, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: This paper studies the extent to which difficulties in teleworking continue to be encountered by civil servants of the Spanish General State Administration (AGE) who, after the mandatory lockdown decreed by the Spanish Government from March to May 2020, continue to carry out their work under this modality. The results obtained support that the main difficulties are the acquisition of bad posture and problems in separating work and family life, and the presence of different types of difficulties differs depending on gender, the structure of the household, or whether the employee belongs to the levels of positions where higher qualification is required. In addition, ambiguity is expressed regarding the provision of resources and lack of training provided by the AGE.

Keywords: difficulties for teleworking; Spanish public administration; training for teleworking; resources for teleworking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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