COVID-19’s pandemic: a trigger that opened our minds towards remote work (Latin America scenario)
Abstract
This article touches upon the case of COVID-19 pandemic and the swift transfer to a new work pattern that may have become the future of the office work. The trend that started after the Fourth industrial revolution, where disruptive technologies have arisen and finally taken a relevant place in the international markets, a noticeable and substantial shift, contributing with the modification of the whole panorama of the organizational structure, started to dominate. Reinventions and the latest technology development fortunately have managed to help in the mitigation of the impact of this pandemic. The access to the internet has become the best ally and the key to solve one of the biggest issues that has showed up: how to minimize the harm brought by lockdowns. The tool predicted in the past and called “Remote work” has been summoned, and fortunately, has been a gratifying solution, and has managed to open a new world of possibilities for workers who take part in the corporate spheres around the world, and absolutely changed the way of work, discovering that, actually, working from distance can be a possibility nowadays.
About the Authors
O. V. Polyakova
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD in Sociology.
D. N. Auzake Gonzalez
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Student.
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Polyakova O.V., Auzake Gonzalez D.N. COVID-19’s pandemic: a trigger that opened our minds towards remote work (Latin America scenario). Kazan economic vestnik. 2021;(1):30-36.
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