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\title{ScholarOne - Remote work-related barriers: exploring how grit relates to
self-reported productivity during COVID-19 lockdown}



\author[1]{Ana Farias}%
\author[2]{Beatriz Rebordão}%
\author[2]{Cláudia Simão}%
\affil[1]{Universidade LusÃƒÂ³fona}%
\affil[2]{Affiliation not available}%


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  \date{May 19, 2024}


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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.%
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Remote work-related barriers: exploring how grit relates to
self-reported productivity during COVID-19 lockdown.

Ana Rita Farias\textsuperscript{*}

\selectlanguage{ngerman}\emph{Lusófona University, HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment
Interaction Labs, Portugal~}\selectlanguage{english}

Beatriz Rebordao

Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Catolica
Portuguesa, Portugal

Claudia Simao

Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Catolica
Portuguesa, Portugal

\textsuperscript{*}Corresponding author:

Ana Rita Farias

Hei-Lab: Digital Human-enviroment Interation Lab,

Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal University

Campo Grande 376

1749-024 Lisbon

Portugal

ana.rita.farias@ulusofona.pt

The data presented in this study are openly available at:

https://osf.io (doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/W3EMK).

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