scholarly journals Working from home is the new black: into the private world of remote collaboration in COVID-19 lockdowns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnaud Prouzeau ◽  
Lonni Besançon ◽  
Joanne Mihelcic
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Private World ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the globe implemented Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs), one of which being Working From Home (WFH). In this paper we present an ethnographic investigation into the adaptations of working spaces and habits due to the adoption of WFH. We interviewed 12 participants from different industry contexts in order to cover a wide range of tools and practices used to conduct remote work. We focus on the importance and benefits of the different technologies available and how they impact collaboration. We discuss challenges experienced by participants in organizing their workspace at home, the impact of workload on practices, and the growing worries about isolation. The findings highlight the importance of understanding the changing physical, social and technological environments in designing new ways of working and collaborating remotely. From our results, we finally derive new directions for the HCI and CSCW research agenda on the topic of WFH.

Impact of Varying Levels of Autostereovision upon Telemanipulation

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (22) ◽  
pp. 1141-1145
Author(s):  
Steven F. Wiker ◽  
Daniel R. Baker ◽  
Steven R. Arndt ◽  
Weijia Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Visual Display ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Display System ◽  
Range Of Movement ◽  
Work Site ◽  
End Point ◽  
Remote Manipulation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Display Performance ◽  
The Impact

Teleroboticists have long argued that improved control and display performance would enhance telepresence and, thereby, telemanipulator performance. This study measured the impact of the DTI autostereo visual display system upon telemanipulation capacity, operator perceptions of system controllability, and perceived fatigue and discomfort, when faced with a wide range of movement amplitudes and end point accuracy in low and moderate variations in illumination levels. With introduction of stereovision, remote manipulation performance materially improved. Improvements were found only in the positioning phases of manipulations; not in rapid ballistic move elements. Improvements were found regardless of the level of illumination present at the remote work site in this study.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress, Work-Related Burnout, and Working From Home Before and During COVID-19: An Examination of Workers in the United States

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110581
Author(s):  
Sherrill W. Hayes ◽  
Jennifer L. Priestley ◽  
Brian A. Moore ◽  
Herman E. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Time Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Working At Home ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stress Work

The purpose of the study was to understand the impact of involuntary remote working during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and work-related burnout for workers with and without previous experience of remote work. The authors developed a questionnaire, open from March 23rd to May 19th, 2020, incorporating the Perceived Stress Scale, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, demographic, and work-related questions. This sample consisted of 256 professionals who self-identified as working at home during the pandemic. Pandemic restrictions increased perceived stress for all participants, but age and gender had significant effects on stress and burnout. Burnout was most significant for respondents already working remotely before COVID-19. The most significant challenges reported were—communication, collaboration, and time management with colleagues via technology. Working from home may contribute to higher levels of perceived stress and work-related burnout, which questions moves by some employers to make working from home a permanent arrangement.

An Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration

2011 ◽  
pp. 365-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. David Garson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization

Research questions are outlined, forming the dimensions of a research agenda for the study of information technology in public administration. The dimensions selected as being the most theoretically important include the issues of the impact of information technology on governmental accountability, the impact of information technology on the distribution of power, the global governance of information technology, the issue of information resource equity and the “digital divide,” the implications of privatization as an IT business model, the issue of the impact of IT on organizational culture, the issue of the impact of IT on discretion, the issue of centralization and decentralization, the issue of restructuring the role of remote work, the issue of implementation success factors, the issue of the regulation of social vices mediated by IT and other regulatory issues.

scholarly journals Remote workers’ wellbeing in the age of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Caldeira ◽  
Leticia S. Machado ◽  
Marcelo G. Perin ◽  
Cleidson R. B. de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Organizational Management ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Technology Readiness ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
Collaboration Technology ◽  
Remote Workers ◽  
Collaboration Readiness ◽  
The Impact

Social isolation measures used worldwide to reduce the impacts of COVID-19 led many office workers to work remotely with little notice. While researchers have studied remote collaboration for more than two decades, the scale and context of remote work during a pandemic is unprecedented and has changed personal and work dynamics. In this paper, we discuss a survey study investigating the impact of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, informed by Olson & Olson's framework for distributed collaboration. We report preliminary findings from this study, focusing specifically on workers' wellbeing. Our results suggest that the main factors influencing workers' well beings are Common Ground Challenges, Collaboration Readiness, Collaboration Technology Readiness, Organizational Management, and Interruptions.

scholarly journals Where We At? New Directions for Research on Popular Culture and World Politics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhys Crilley
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Audience Interpretation

Abstract A decade ago, scholars of international relations articulated a research agenda for the study of popular culture and world politics (PCWP), and since then a burgeoning literature has grown in this area. This article critically reflects on the research agenda put forward by Grayson, Davies, and Philpott and explores how recent scholarship has furthered the study of PCWP. In doing so, this article identifies four limitations of current research and suggests that if PCWP scholarship is to remain committed to understanding how power, identities, ideologies, and actions are made commonsense and legitimate, while also problematizing global inequalities and injustices, then it needs to pay greater attention to the analysis of four areas. These are (1) race, colonialism, and intersectionality in PCWP; (2) the impact of digital technology on PCWP; (3) the audience interpretation of PCWP; and (4) practices of making and producing PCWP.

Working from home, job satisfaction and work–life balance – robust or heterogeneous links?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Bellmann ◽  
Olaf Hübler
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

PurposeIt is analyzed whether working from home improves or impairs the job satisfaction and the work–life balance and under which conditions.Design/methodology/approachBlocks of influences on job satisfaction and work–life balance – personal traits, job characteristics, skills and employment properties – are estimated separately and in combination. To select the variables, the least angle regression is applied. The entropy balancing approach is used to determine causal effects. The study investigates whether imbalances are determined by private or job influences, whether firm-specific regulations and the selected control group affect the results and whether it only takes place during leisure time.FindingsNo clear effects of remote work on job satisfaction are revealed, but the impact on work–life balance is generally negative. If the imbalance is conditioned by private interests, this is not corroborated in contrast to job conditioned features. Employees working from home are happier than those who want to work at home, job satisfaction is higher and work–life balance is not worse under a strict contractual agreement than under a nonbinding commitment.Originality/valueA wide range of personality traits, skills, employment properties and job characteristics are incorporated as determinants. The problem of causality is investigated. It is analyzed whether the use of alternative control and treatment groups leads to different results. The empirical investigation is based on new German data with three waves.

scholarly journals Is working from home the new workplace panacea? Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for the future world of work

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremias J. De Klerk ◽  
Mandi Joubert ◽  
Hendrikjan F. Mosca
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Value Add ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Orientation: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of employees to work from home as governments implemented lockdowns.Research purpose: This study examined the impact of working exclusively from home on employee engagement and experience, and determined beneficial and distracting factors.Motivation for the study: Remote working trends have risen steeply since the onset of COVID-19 and are unlikely to taper off soon. Organisations need to understand the impact of remote work when reconsidering working arrangements.Research approach/design and method: A dual-approach qualitative design was followed. The sample comprised 25 employees (N = 25) who were forced to work exclusively from home during COVID-19. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews.Main findings: Working from home for protracted periods rendered paradoxical outcomes. Employees could work effectively with improved employee engagement and experience, but there were challenges rendering adverse effects. The experienced benefits of working from home created expectations that this practice would continue in future, along with some office work.Practical/managerial implications: Organisations need to continue, though not exclusively, with work-from-home arrangements. The ideal ratio of remote work to office work was seen as two to three days per week. However, support and cultural practices would have to be put in place.Contribution/value-add: The COVID-19 lockdown provided a unique environment to study remote work. For the first time, employees and organisations were placed in a situation where they could experience working from home in a stark and compulsory form, devoid of idealistic fantasies or romanticism.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Pandemic on the Maintaining Happiness at Work

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nona Karkuzashvili
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Natural Decrease ◽  
Normal Environment ◽  
The Impact

During the pandemic, it became especially difficult for companies to maintain employee engagement and motivation. They are cut off from the normal environment and work team, no longer have social relationships with colleagues, which leads to a natural decrease in emotional connection with the company, a sense of belonging and loyalty. In today's environment, the challenge is to manage, attract and retain talent, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the period of working from home, as a result of the experience gained in the new reality, employees have other requirements that the company must meet. The transition to remote work in early 2020 has forced employees to develop new skills and become more familiar with technologies, manage tasks and solve problems online. It is true that some did more remote work, some less and some did not like it at all, but the fact is that it showed them new opportunities, and companies were challenged - how to maintain and increase the employee happiness index during the pandemic and post-pandemic period. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the impact of the pandemic on maintaining a happiness index at work and to assess employees' attitudes towards remote work in general. How did the changes in work regime and environment during the pandemic affect employees and their job satisfaction? - In order to identify these factors, a study was conducted in Georgia, in which 200 employees participated and the results of which are given in this article.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Pandemic on the Maintaining Happiness at Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nona Karkuzashvili ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Natural Decrease ◽  
Normal Environment ◽  
The Impact

During the pandemic, it became especially difficult for companies to maintain employee engagement and motivation. They are cut off from the normal environment and work team, no longer have social relationships with colleagues, which leads to a natural decrease in emotional connection with the company, a sense of belonging and loyalty. In today's environment, the challenge is to manage, attract and retain talent, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the period of working from home, as a result of the experience gained in the new reality, employees have other requirements that the company must meet. The transition to remote work in early 2020 has forced employees to develop new skills and become more familiar with technologies, manage tasks and solve problems online. It is true that some did more remote work, some less and some did not like it at all, but the fact is that it showed them new opportunities, and companies were challenged - how to maintain and increase the employee happiness index during the pandemic and post-pandemic period. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the impact of the pandemic on maintaining a happiness index at work and to assess employees' attitudes towards remote work in general. How did the changes in work regime and environment during the pandemic affect employees and their job satisfaction? - In order to identify these factors, a study was conducted in Georgia, in which 200 employees participated and the results of which are given in this article.

Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration

2003 ◽  
pp. 331-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. David Garson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Implementation Success ◽  
Symbolic Action ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Impact

Research questions are outlined, forming the dimensions of a research agenda for the study of information technology (IT) in public administration. The dimensions selected as being the most theoretically important include the issue of the impact of information technology on the distribution of power; the issue of information resource equity and the “digital divide”; the issue of the use of IT as symbolic action; the issue of the impact of IT on discretion; the issue of the impact of IT on organizational culture; the issue of privatization; the issue of decentralization; the issue of remote work; the issue of implementation success factors; the issue of persuasiveness of governmental websites; the issue of regulation of social vices mediated by IT; and other regulatory issues.

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