Teletrabajo y su permanencia después de la pandemia de Coronavirus caso de las florícolas exportadoras a Rusia y Europa del Este

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Abstract: This paperworkpresents the results of the research about teleworking in the export flowers sector during the COVID-19pandemic and future implications that this event may have on the incidence of remote work once the pandemic is over. The results were obtained through the survey directed to senior managers of Ecuadorian flower growers exporters to Russia and East Europe. It was found that during the restrictions due to the pandemic, teleworking increased 42.5%: from 19.5% before the pandemic to 62%during restrictions. At the time of conducting the survey, the average percentage of teleworkers on a farm oscillated at 32%, which means an increase of more than 50% compared to pre-pandemic levels. 64.2% of the interviewed managers responded that they will use telework in the long term. Therefore, we can affirm that the pandemic played an important role for the progressive expansion of remote work during the restrictions and its permanence in the future.