Difficulties for Teleworking of Public Employees in the Spanish Public Administration

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I find this paper ready for publishing.

Author Response

We thank the reviewer for these positive comments

Reviewer 2 Report

I agree with publication in present form.

Author Response

We thank the reviewer for these positive comments.

Reviewer 3 Report

I must say that the paper lacks of a specific section related to the so-called post-covid-19 city (it can be named “literature review”), so here I recommend some relevant references to use in order to give the readership a better understanding of the issues of:

- healthy city,

(2020). COVID-19 and Cities: from Urban Health strategies to the pandemic challenge. A Decalogue of Public Health opportunities. Acta Bio Medica Atenei Parmensis, 91(2), 13-22

Open issues and opportunities to guarantee the “right to the ‘healthy’ city” in the post-Covid-19 European city. Contesti. Città, Territori, Progetti, (2), 149-162

- negative environmental factors,

(2020). The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy. Environmental and Resource Economics, 76, 611-634

 (2020). Do environmental factors such as weather conditions and air pollution influence COVID-19 outbreaks?. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

- concrete proposals for the redevelopment of the city

 (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on public space: an early review of the emerging questions – design, perceptions and inequities. Cities & Health.

(2020). New Healthy Settlements Responding to Pandemic Outbreaks: Approaches from (and for) the Global City. The Plan Journal, 5(2): 385-406

OECD (2020). Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Cities policy responses,

(2020) Recommendations for Keeping Parks and Green Space Accessible for Mental and Physical Health During COVID-19 and Other Pandemics. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17, 200204

Works published on teleworking and Covid-19:

- Telework in the EU before and after the COVID-19: where we were, where we head to, https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/default/files/jrc120945_policy_brief_-_covid_and_telework_final.pdf

- Productivity gains from teleworking in the post COVID-19 era : How can public policies make it happen?, https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/productivity-gains-from-teleworking-in-the-post-covid-19-era-a5d52e99/

E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.590271/full

- The impact of teleworking and digital work on workers and society https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/662904/IPOL_STU(2021)662904_EN.pdf

Author Response

Please, see response in attached document

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I think this paper is excellent and is an important addition to the literature.

Author Response

Thank you

Reviewer 2 Report

I find this paper very interesting and well-written. Besides, I think that you can add some more explanations of teleworking and home-based work.

Please, add the following references into your paper:

1. Vasic, M. (2020). Challenges of teleworking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Anali Ekonomskog Fakulteta U Subotici, 56(44), 63-79.

2. Belzunegui-Eraso, A., & Erro-Garcés, A. (2020). Teleworking in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis. Sustainability, 12(9), 3662.

3. Gálvez, A., Tirado, F., & Alcaraz, J. M. (2020). “Oh! Teleworking!” Regimes of engagement and the lived experience of female Spanish teleworkers. Business Ethics: A European Review, 29(1), 180-192.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

We are attaching a new version of our manuscript. We have had some changes you can find here:

pg 4. Chapter 2. New entry at the end of the second paragraph

pg 5. Chapter 2. New entry, first paragraph, lines 5 and 6

pg. 5. Chapter 2. There is a new sentence at the end of the paragrah 6.

pg. 10. Chapter 5. There is a new entry, paragraph 5, lines 2 and 3.

The new references have been introduced at Chapter 6. References. They are at numbers 43, 55 and 80, respectively.

The numbers of the references that have been affected by the new entries have been changed.

Don´t hesitate to ask me, if you need further information.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf