A Path Analytic Investigation of Teleworking Challenges During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar

Abstract

This academic essay is about ideas dropped from the findings of a previously published article entitled "A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding the Causes of Psycho- logical Distress during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar." The goal of the present study is to discuss something new about Qatar that was not discussed in our last publication. The new findings discussed here have not been known to us as the best conclusion until we pub- lished the full draft, revisited, and squeezed the original data few more times. The last attempt helped the team of researchers at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) in Qatar to identify new strong ideas for understanding the root causes of teleworking chal- lenges during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The Research Problem in the current paper is to determine the relative importance of variables affecting variation in teleworking challenges in Qatar. What's more, it would be well worth mentioning that to the best of the researchers' knowledge, this is the first investigation analyzing the antecedents to teleworking challenges as well as the fears about COVID-19 in Qatar. The researchers believe that this novel context should provide a useful base for subsequent human resources management studies as well as for policymaking in Qatar.