Phsycosocial Evaluation of The Risks of Telework on Covid-19 Times

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify the main factors of psychological risk presented by officials who have worked under the modality of teleworking, during the first semester of the Covid-19 pandemic. The methodology developed for this research was created out from a positivist paradigm, a quantitative approach, an exploratory character and with a non-experimental method. The tool applied CoPsoQ -istas21 provides the levels of psychosocial risk in people who work under the teleworking modality, however, it does not determine the origin of the risks, since the scope of the investigation has a sole purpose of diagnosis. According to the results obtained, it can be considered that the main psychosocial risk factors as a consequence of teleworking are the dimensions of the pace of work, quantitative requirements, emotional, double presence, employment insecurities and working conditions. The job positions exposure prevails greater risk in technical positions, while executives present a moderate risk of exposure. Finally, the exposure by sex is greater in women, mainly in the demands of predictability, insecurity about employment and insecurity about working conditions. In conclusion, there is evidence of psychosocial risks factors for health, mainly in the group of psychological demands of work, in addition, the dimensions of greater risk could be influenced by the Covid-19, which has cause insecurity as a result of unemployment worldwide.