[en] Remote working refers to the type of employment where employees perform their duties in a location different from the organization's headquarters or offices. Although it has become common in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some companies are returning to the office following restrictions being lifted, posing challenges in talent management. Some employees are seeking a modality which allows them to balance their personal and professional lives. This alteration in working patterns has had a significant social impact both on companies as we employees lives. The shift towards a remote work environment highlights the need for leadership adapted to these settings, being a determining factor for its effectiveness, talent attraction, productivity, and the well-being of remote teams. The key question is whether leadership impacts telecommuting. This would be the focus of the study, analyzing how the leadership styles of team leaders affect remote workers. Given the strategic importance of leadership within an organization, it is suggested that human resources department of a company can implement policies and best practices to improve the leadership exerted over teams, affecting a multiple factors such as talent management and attraction. The objective of this Master's Thesis is to study the impact of leadership on telecommuting from the perspective of the remote worker. This study focuses on understanding how different leadership styles could affect performance, productivity, cultural change, well-being, mental health, professional development, and social interactions. To this end, multiple theories are analyzed to evaluate the importance of transformational, transactional, and situational leadership within the remote environment. Additionally, factors influencing leadership such as communication, motivation, and conflict management approaches are analyzed. The results of this research provide fundamental insights for understanding how the leadership exerted impacts the design of remote working programs from human resources departments.

[es] El trabajo remoto se refiere a la forma de empleo en la cual los empleados realizan sus funciones en un lugar diferente al de la sede de la organización. Aunque se ha vuelto común en los últimos años debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, algunas empresas están regresando a la oficina tras el levantamiento de restricciones, planteando desafíos en la gestión del talento. Algunos empleados buscan esta modalidad para equilibrar su vida personal y profesional. El cambio hacia un entorno laboral remoto pone de relieve la necesidad de ejercer un liderazgo adaptado a estos entornos, siendo un factor determinante para la efectividad, atracción de talento, productividad y bienestar de equipos remoto. La pregunta clave es si el liderazgo tiene un impacto sobre el teletrabajo. Dada la importancia estratégica del liderazgo dentro de la organización, se sugiere que desde recursos humanos se pueden implementar políticas y buenas prácticas que mejoren el liderazgo ejercido sobre equipos. El objetivo de este Trabajo Fin de Máster es estudiar el impacto del liderazgo sobre el teletrabajo desde el prisma del trabajador remoto. Este estudio se ha centrado en entender cómo los distintos estilos de liderazgo afectan al desempeño, productividad, cambio cultural, bienestar, salud mental, desarrollo profesional e interacciones sociales. Los resultados que arroja esta investigación proporcionan insights fundamentales para entender desde los departamentos de recursos humanos como el liderazgo ejercido afectan sobre el diseño del programa de teletrabajo.