Depression as a COVID-19 factor impacting university online teaching performance

This study aims to investigate the prevalence of various degrees of depression among faculty members at Universidad Católica de Cuenca during the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology used for the study was exploratory, descriptive, and correlational. A non-probabilistic sample of 661 participants was used;53.56 percent of them were men, and 46.44 percent were women. A questionnaire that was validated by three specialists was employed to record the emotional states of academics throughout the pandemic. The IBM SPSS Statistics program was used for data analysis and information processing. The research findings made it possible to theoretically analyze and demonstrate that depression is an illness that affects everyone and impacts how individuals go about their daily lives. The bilateral correlation analysis revealed that depression is a mental disorder that affects faculty performance. © 2022, Associacao Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao. All rights reserved.

Economic reactivation of the productive sector of Cañar, Ecuador: theoretical construct in the COVID-19 scenario

This article is a response to the need for economic reactivation because of the crisis resulting from the context of COVID-19. The purpose of the research was to elaborate a theoretical construct through the application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis that gathers observable variables around dimensions or factors. The study begins with a review of the literature that approximates the causal relationship of the phenomenon. The research has a quantitative approach with exploratory, descriptive and correlational designs. The following factors such as associativity, sustainable tourism, competitive advantage, market orientation, digital inclusion, agricultural innovation and knowledge transfer were found and they are linked with the economic reactivation. The Confirmatory Factorial Analysis was used in this study which helped to reduce from 117 to 47 items in the measurement instrument for the research of economic reactivation in the province of Cañar in Ecuador with factor loadings higher than 0.6. As a conclusion, it is said that it is possible to study the phenomenon with a validated questionnaire on the bivariate association of the researching variables. © 2022, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.