Abstract

BONA, Fabiano Daniel De  and  OLIVEIRA, Camilla de. Researchers' perceptions of teleworking in a Brazilian public scientific research company. Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.4, pp. 1707-1720. ISSN 1984-6657.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2021.4.23280.

The space-time flexibilization of work became common in private and public Brazilian companies after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to analyze, through a survey questionnaire, the researchers' perceptions at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) about work, social, and labor productivity characteristics related to the teleworking adopted over the course of a year in the company. The target audience of the study included 487 scientific researchers (master, doctor and post-doc level) from the public company located in 32 cities, widely distributed throughout the Brazilian territory. The perceptions of the research participants were highly positive in relation to teleworking, with reflections on labor productivity enhancement and gains related to work autonomy and quality of life. Also, the future expectations about teleworking reveal the desire of a majority of the Embrapa researchers to maintain a flexible working arrangement, particularly based on a hybrid model.

Keywords : work autonomy; Embrapa; labor productivity.

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