Table 3.
Synthesis of inferential analysis I: Regional Aggregation. Questions (Q) 8-23.
| Regions | |
|---|---|
| Q7 | The less affected (less than one month) were Asians (59 %) and Africans (50 %). |
| The most affected (2+ months) were North Americans (52 %), LACs (46 %) and Europeans (45 %). | |
| Q10 | Zoom platform was the preferred tool, e.g. 98 % (North America), 60 % (Africa). |
| Skype was popular in Europe (76 %) and North America (67 %). | |
| Microsoft Teams was popular in Asia (56 %) and LAC (51 %). | |
| Q11 | Acceptable was the first option in Asia (55 %) |
| "Good" prevailed in Europe (42 %). | |
| "Very poor" was high only in Africa (44 %). | |
| "Very good" was maximum in North America (27 %), and the lowest in Africa (7 %). | |
| Q12 | Good/very good" (as of now Good) prevailed in North America (70 %), whereas the lowest was in Africa (30 %). “Poor” achieved 46 % in Africa. Acceptable prevailed in LAC (43 %). |
| Q13 | The primary response was “to some extent” (e.g., 30 % in North America) |
| “To a moderate extent”, prevailed in Asia (32 %) | |
| "To a great extent" prevailed in Africa (38 %) and "a little bit" in Europe (26 %). | |
| Q14 | "Project schedules had to be substantially adjusted" prevailed overall, reaching a maximum in North America (71 %). |
| "Unable to collect data” prevailed in Asia (59 %) | |
| "Project meetings were cancelled" prevailed in Africa (57 %). | |
| The option "delays" prevailed in North America (66 %). | |
| Q15 | “Research workload moderately increased" was the maximum in North America (45 %) |
| "It decreased" prevailed in Africa and Asia (26 and 25 %, respectively) | |
| “It had no impact" prevailed in Europe (40 %) | |
| "Workload has greatly increased" was selected by 28 % from Africa. | |
| Q20 | The average of YES was 65 % (maximum in Africa: 77 %), whereas unsure was maximum in Asia (38 %). |
| Q20.1 | Communication Technologies from the home office reached 39 % (maximum in LAC at 57 %) |
| "Less travel" achieved 17 %, with a maximum in North America (28 %) and the lowest in LAC (7 %). | |
| Q21.1 | "As a component of a project" reached 73 %, with the maximum in LAC (91 %) and the minimum in Asia (65 %). |
| Q22 | Two-thirds responded NOT with the maximum from Europe (74 %), and the minimum from Asia (50 %) |
| The maximum for YES was from Asia (50 %), and the minimum was from Europe (26 %). | |
| Q23.2 | Disagreement averaged 50 %, with a maximum from North America (60 %) |
| The agreement was 24 %. | |
| Neutral was 25 %, with a maximum from Asia (38 %). | |
| Q23.4 | Agreement averaged 62 %, with the maximum from Asia (71 %) and the minimum from North America (49 %). |
| Q23.6 | Agreement averaged 68 %, with a maximum from North America (74 %) and a minimum from Europe (64 %). |
| Disagreement averaged 12 %. | |
| Neutrality was 21 %. |
Note: See Table 2 for more information on the statements of the questions.