ScholarOne - Remote work-related barriers: exploring how grit relates to
self-reported productivity during COVID-19 lockdown
Abstract
Remote work has become increasingly common due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
but this has presented workers with new difficulties and barriers that
may have an effect on their performance and productivity. In this paper,
we explored the barriers to remote work and how a certain personality
trait - grit: passion and perseverance in achieving long-term goals -
could influence how workers copied with this reality. A total of 203
participants (69.5% female) with mean age of 41.90 (SD = 12.60) years
completed an online survey, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in
Portugal, investigating grit, perceived stress/anxiety, perception of
remote work as a barrier, and self-reported productivity during this
period. The findings suggest that grit negatively predicts the number of
barriers identified during the transition to remote work and
consequently positively predicts worker self-reported productivity.
Thus, self-reported productivity is positively related to grit, and this
relationship is mediated by the number of identified barriers.