Abstract

FLORES JUANEZ, Karla María  and  ACEVEDO AMAYA, Mario Roberto. Disruption of socioeconomic and educational conditions from COVID-19 in Honduras: a case study of Mae-UNAH. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2023, vol.15, n.4, pp. 673-684.  Epub Aug 12, 2023. ISSN 2218-3620.

The COVID19 pandemic has generated a series of disruptive processes affecting the productive educational sectors. This effect affects the Master of Business Administration students at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) that have shown a drop in performance, the precariousness of their socioeconomic conditions, and problems in the learning processes caused by disruptive factors that are still unknown. The research hypothesis was economic conditions determine the improvement of the teaching process during the COVID19 pandemic as long as the Master of Business Administration students has optimal conditions in their homes to receive their training. Therefore, we conduct a quantitative, correlational, and cross-sectional study, analyzing a population of 127 master´s degree students using the method of statistical mediation to respond to the research hypothesis. Results show that; the effective transfer of knowledge goes through the economic conditions if the home conditions are optimal (disruption of the homes). Working and income conditions have deteriorated, making home students' conditions precarious. Also, factors associated with the spread of COVID19, overcrowding, low connectivity, limited equipment, limited spaces, violence, stress, anxiety, and depression have been triggers that have conditioned the transfer of knowledge and the economic and social conditions of master’s degree students.

Keywords : Graduate students; Socioeconomic conditions; Covid19; Disruption effect; Mediation analysis.

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