Influência do trabalho remoto no intraempreendedorismo em startups de tecnologia

Abstract

Remote work had its use intensified with the COVID-19 pandemic and even after the relaxation of the sanitary isolation measures, this type of work will remain the main form of organization in some companies. Thus, the general objective of this study was: to identify from the worker's perspective the influence of remote work on intrapreneurship in technology startups. The methodology applied is characterized by being a qualitative, descriptive, bibliographic, and field research. The data collection procedure used was the semi-structured interview applied with ten remote workers from technology startups, designated by nonprobabilistic convenience sampling type. The treatment of the data obtained with the reports of the interviewees was content analysis. The results obtained indicate the possibility of avoiding traffic and greater flexibility as the main advantages of remote work and point to the difficulty of balancing life and work and low socialization among co-workers as the central challenges of remote work. The results also suggest that there is a strong presence of most of the factors that facilitate intrapreneurship in the organizations in which the interviewees work: leadership, organizational environment, recognition, taking risks and responsibilities, and communication and access to information, except for the conditions for entrepreneurship aspect, which was signaled as a factor that is not very present. Finally, the characteristics of remote work influence the development or maintenance of intrapreneurship in these organizations, either positively or negatively. Thus, it is concluded that this study contributed to a better understanding of the benefits and challenges characteristic of remote work in technology startups and that these characteristics influence intrapreneurship, that is, entrepreneurial behavior within these organizations.