scholarly journals Workplace Isolation among Ethnic Employees in Remote Work Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Debra Hunter ◽  
Charles Chekwa
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Workplace Isolation

scholarly journals Adoption of Satellite Offices in Response to a Pandemic: Sustainability and Infection Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 8008
Author(s):  
Seungbeom Kim ◽  
Yooneun Lee ◽  
Byungchul Choi
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Simulation Experiments ◽  
Office Environment ◽  
Potential Risks

The office environment has changed rapidly due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak. Companies consider various types of remote work environments to contain the spread of the virus. Among them, a satellite office is a type of remote work environment where a number of employees are allocated to their nearest office. The benefits from satellite offices are twofold: The significant reduction of travel distance also reduces the amount of carbon emission and fuel consumption. In addition, dividing employees into smaller groups significantly reduces the potential risks of infection in the office. This paper addresses a satellite office allocation problem that considers social and environmental sustainability and infection control at work. In order to evaluate the effect of different satellite office allocation, quantitative measures are developed for the following three criteria: carbon emission, fuel consumption, and the probability of infection occurrence at work. Simulation experiments are conducted to investigate different scenarios of regional infection rate and modes of transportation. The results show that adopting satellite offices not only reduces carbon emission and fuel consumption, but also mitigates business disruption in the pandemic.

Mitigating Gig and Remote Worker Misconduct: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa C. Burbano ◽  
Bennett Chiles
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Values ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Perceived Trust ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Real Effort ◽  
Ethics Code ◽  
Credible Threat ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Policy Solutions

Employee misconduct is costly to organizations and has the potential to be even more common in gig and remote work contexts, in which workers are physically distant from their employers. There is, thus, a need for scholars to better understand what employers can do to mitigate misconduct in these nontraditional work environments, particularly as the prevalence of such work environments is increasing. We combine an agency perspective with a behavioral relationship-based perspective to consider two avenues through which gig employers can potentially mitigate misconduct: (1) through the communication of organizational values and (2) through the credible threat of monitoring. We implement a real effort experiment in a gig work context that enables us to cleanly observe misconduct. Consistent with our theory, we present causal evidence that communication of organizational values, both externally facing in the form of social/environmental responsibility and internally facing in the form of an employee ethics code, decreases misconduct. This effect, however, is largely negated when workers are informed that they are being monitored. We provide suggestive evidence that this crowding out is due to a decrease in perceived trust that results from the threat of monitoring. Our results have important theoretical implications for research on employee misconduct and shed light on the trade-offs associated with various potential policy solutions.

scholarly journals Transformation of the Private/Public Divide in the Times of Covid-19: How Economydriven Policies Are Reshaping the Concept of Social/Physical Distancing in Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-135
Author(s):  
Ivana Stepanović
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Times ◽  
Over Time

The evolution of social/physical distancing narratives throughout the COVID19 pandemic has left the concept itself ambiguous and vague while cutting through the borderlines between private and public. In the case of Serbia, economy-driven policies have shifted the focus from isolation, solitude and remote work during the first and the only lockdown towards the idea of physical distance in public spaces and work environments. This paper aims to analyse how social distancing narratives in Serbia were construed over time through governmental policies as well as companies’ regulations, and how they redefined the concept of privacy during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Human Factors Affecting Logging Injury Incidents in Idaho and the Potential for Real-Time Location-Sharing Technology to Improve Safety

Safety ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soren Newman ◽  
Robert Keefe ◽  
Randall Brooks ◽  
Emily Ahonen ◽  
Ann Wempe
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Traumatic Injuries ◽  
Location Sharing ◽  
Low Visibility

Human factors, including inadequate situational awareness, can contribute to fatal and near-fatal traumatic injuries in logging, which is among the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Real-time location-sharing technology may help improve situational awareness for loggers. We surveyed and interviewed professional logging contractors in Idaho to (1) characterize current perceptions of in-woods hazards and the human factors that lead to injuries; (2) understand their perspectives on using technology-based location-sharing solutions to improve safety in remote work environments; and (3) identify logging hazard scenarios that could be mitigated using location-sharing technology. We found production pressure, fatigue, and inexperience among the most-common factors contributing to logging injuries from the perspective of participants. Potential limitations of location-sharing technology identified included potential for distraction and cost. Contractors identified several situations where the technology may help improve safety, including (1) alerting workers of potential hand-faller injuries due to lack of movement; (2) helping rigging crews to maintain safe distances from yarded trees and logs during cable logging; and (3) providing a means for equipment operators to see approaching ground workers, especially in low-visibility situations.

Six practical tips for practicing cyberhygiene in the middle of a global pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Kimberly Peretti ◽  
Amy Mushahwar ◽  
Jon Knight
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Blind Spots

Purpose Discusses the long-term cybersecurity challenges businesses face as COVID-19 cases spike and remote work environments need to remain operational, scalable, and capable of flexing with cycles of virus resurgence. Design/Methodology/Approach Discusses the target-rich environment cybercriminals have during this time, and steps businesses should take to secure their environments and raise employee awareness as more devices are being used remotely for company business and more company data is being sent, located, or stored outside the protections of the company infrastructure. Findings The remote work environment is likely to be around for the foreseeable future and businesses need to ensure they are secured for long-term success. Practical implications The authors offer information security and IT teams practical ways businesses can keep their systems secure and functioning: (1) Consider Basic Cyberhygiene; (2) Identify Security Blind Spots; (3) Review and Update Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response Plans; (4) Remain Vigilant for Scams and Phishing Attacks; (5) Be Aware of Applicable Industry-Specific Guidelines; (6) Revisit Risk Exceptions. Originality/Value Practical guidance from experienced data privacy and cybersecurity lawyers in response to COVD-19 for Information Security, IT, and business management teams.

scholarly journals Teaching Digitally-Ready Soft Skills for Employability

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Yuliya Shtaltovna ◽  
Christina Muzzu
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Collaboration Skills ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Digital Collaboration ◽  
The University

The coronavirus pandemic triggered an abrupt change to emergency e-teaching and has accelerated the adoption of digital teaching practices in higher education. This transition from in-person instruction to online-only teaching took place globally and disrupted the conventional lecture format. While the catalyst, namely COVID, was the same throughout the world, a growing body of research confirms that instructors across the educational spectrum are experimenting with, and implementing, a plethora of methodologies based on their digital abilities and experiences. This paper will critically analyse several online-based methodologies and digital tools developed and introduced at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences within an undergraduate module called Employability.  The authors will use the six areas of the European Commission’s DigCompEdu framework as a reference to analyse and summarise digital tool implementations and enhance students' digital collaboration skills, online experience, and learning outcomes. The methodological focus is on teaching soft digital skills for employability, namely, digital communication, problem-solving, collaboration skills, as well as, digital content creation and media literacy in tandem with the main content of the course. Possible issues when teaching the Employability module in post-COVID offline or hybrid classrooms will be discussed, particularly with regards to ensuring that teaching formats are fit-for-purpose in increasingly digital, and remote, work environments.

scholarly journals Bridging the Gap

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Boczar ◽  
Bonita Pollock ◽  
Xiying Mi ◽  
Amanda Yeslibas
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
High Quality Information ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Special Time

The year of COVID-19, 2020, brought unique experiences to everyone in their daily as well as their professional life. Facing many challenges of division in all aspects (social distancing, political and social divisions, remote work environments), University of South Florida Libraries took the lead in exploring how to overcome these various separations by providing access to its high-quality information sources to its local community and beyond. This paper shares the insights of using Linked Data technology to provide easy access to digital cultural heritage collections not only for the scholarly communities but also for those underrepresented user groups. The authors present the challenges at this special time of the history, discuss the possible solutions, and propose future work to further the effort.

scholarly journals E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francoise Contreras ◽  
Elif Baykal ◽  
Ghulam Abid
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Huge Challenge

Suddenly, COVID-19 has changed the world and the way people work. Companies had to accelerate something they knew was imminent in the future, but not immediate and extremely humongous. This situation poses a huge challenge for companies to survive and thrive in this complex business environment and for employees, who must adapt to this new way of working. An effective e-leadership, which promotes companies’ adaptability, is needed. This study investigates the existing knowledge on teleworking and e-leadership; and analyzes the supposed challenges. The literature review shows that companies with effective e-leadership can view teleworking as an opportunity. It is advantageous for not only companies’ productivity but also the environment and people who work remotely. However, a traditional or no leadership can result in some risks. Thriving in remote work environments implies that managers must adjust the companies’ structure, making them less hierarchical, and developing new abilities to establish a strong and trustworthy relationship with their employees to maintain their competitiveness, while retaining a genuine concern for their employees’ well-being. Similarly, successful e-leadership must be able to consolidate and lead effective virtual teams to accomplish organizational goals. This study contributes to the literature and leaders during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Psychological Impacts of Remote Working Under Social Distancing Restrictions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Oliver Baumann ◽  
Elizabeth (Libby) J. Sander
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
Work Model

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a swift and dramatic global shift in the location of work for many employees. Organizations around the world have implemented remote work arrangements to allow continuity of service while conforming with social distancing requirements. As a result of ongoing uncertainty regarding the current and future pandemics, reduced costs associated with housing employees remotely, and survey results suggesting employees are reluctant to return to a primarily office-based work model, many organisations are implementing ongoing remote arrangements for their employees. This chapter provides a review of current research on the psychological effects of remote working. Recommendations are made regarding future research directions across various remote work environments that will enhance understanding of the psychological effects of remote work under social distancing.

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