Productivity in a pandemic: effect of occupational health conditions and digital communications in the manufacturing industry

Abstract

Goal: communications are related to Productivity in times of pandemic in the manufacturing industry on the Tamaulipas and Texas border. Design / Methodology / Approach: An own instrument was designed for this study; it was applied to 104 informants with responsibility in productive areas in the manufacturing industry; the analysis was performed with SmartPLS. Results: a positive relationship was identified between independent variables of Digital Productivity and they explain 69.8% (R2); workers gave more weight to the relationship between Occupational Health conditions with Productivity (51.5%), than to the relationship between Digital Communications and Productivity (39.2%). Limitations of the investigation: the study was analyzed from the perspective of the worker; participation was limited due to access issues due to the pandemic. Practical implications: the study shows an analysis procedure with PLS. Originality / Value: The article shows its relevance by presenting a model to establish relationships between worker health conditions and digital communications with an effect on labor productivity that will have an effect in the post-pandemic.