scholarly journals Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tips and Strategies to Maintain Productivity & Connectedness

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Lane ◽  
Michelle Mullen ◽  
Deirdre Logan
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Tips And Tricks ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
At Home

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic many workers are shifting from coming into their workplace to working from home. This may be a new challenge for many workers. Successfully working from home can present unique challenges, from how to focus with at-home distractions, to trying to be productive, trying to communicate well with team members from afar, and childcare. Here at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research, many of our faculty and staff have years of experience mastering the art of remote work and have put together a list of their top 5 tips and tricks to navigating this strange new world.

scholarly journals “I’m not Working from Home, I’m Living at Work”: Perceived Stress and Work-Related Burnout before and during COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherrill Hayes ◽  
Jennifer L. Priestley ◽  
Namazbia Ishmakhametov ◽  
Herman E. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Limited Experience ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Stress Work ◽  
At Home

The purpose of the study was to better understand the relationships among stress, work-related burnout, and remote working brought on by social distancing efforts and stay at home orders put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors developed a questionnaire incorporating valid and reliable self-report stress and burnout measures (Perceived Stress Scale & Copenhagen Burnout Inventory), demographic, and work-related questions. The questions were used primarily to determine workers’ levels of stress before and during the pandemic, to assess potential burnout, and to establish the extent of their previous experience with remote work/telecommuting. The questionnaire was open from March 23rd to May 19th 2020 and distributed through a survey link on social media and by Qualtrics research services. Results from the analyses suggest that perceived stress did increase during the COVID-19 restrictions, especially for people that had limited experience working from home and were female. Individuals who worked from home before COVID-19 had higher levels of work-related burnout but did not differ based on gender or part-time work status. The results suggest that working from home may create more stress and result in more burnout, which challenges the current moves by some employers to make working from home a permanent arrangement. The authors believe that having research based on valid and reliable instruments will help employers and schools make better decisions about how to support those who can remain at home to avoid the potential for secondary outbreaks.

scholarly journals The effect of training and workstation adjustability on teleworker discomfort during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan J McAllister ◽  
Patrick A Costigan ◽  
Joshua P Davies ◽  
Tara L Diesbourg
Keyword(s):  
Home Environment ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
Ergonomic Interventions ◽  
At Home

Advancements in telework have increased occupational flexibility for employees and employers alike. However, while effective telework requires planning, the COVID-19 pandemic required many employees to quickly shift to working from home without making sure the requirements for telework were in place beforehand. This study evaluated the transition to telework on university faculty and staff and investigated the effect of telework setup and ergonomics training on work-related discomfort in the at-home environment. Respondents reported increases in new or worsening pain since working from home of 24% and 51%, respectively, suggesting an immediate need for ergonomic interventions, including workstation evaluations, ergonomic training, and individual ergonomic assessments, for those who work from home.

scholarly journals Working from Home, Wages, and Regional Inequality in the Light of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Irlacher ◽  
Michael Koch
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Regional Inequality ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Career Survey

Abstract We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey to reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium accounts for more than 10% and persists within narrowly defined jobs as well as after controlling for workplace characteristics. In a next step, we provide evidence on substantial regional variation in the share of jobs that can be done from home in Germany. Our analysis reveals a strong, positive relation between the share of jobs with working from home opportunities and the mean worker income in a district. Assuming that jobs with the opportunity of remote work are more crisis proof, our results suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic might affect poorer regions to a greater extent. Hence, examining regional disparities is central for policy-makers in choosing economic policies to mitigate the consequences of this crisis.

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN TEKNOLOGI PEMBELAJARAN KULIAH DARING TERHADAP SIKAP MENTAL MAHASISWA DAN DOSEN DI ERA COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1317-1326
Author(s):  
Lili Amaliah ◽  
Arie Ardiyanti Rufaedah
Keyword(s):  
Working From Home ◽  
At Home

Awal virus corona ditemukan ketika ada penduduk kota Wuhan Cina terjangkit.Penyakit disebabkan oleh virus SARS-CoV-2, sebelumnya orang beranggapan gejala yang dialami sebagai flu biasa, sampai WHO mendeklarasikan pandemi COVID-19. Virus corona covid-19 turut serta mempengaruhi dunia pendidikan dimana proses belajar mengajar yang biasanya dilakukan secara tatap muka di ruang kelas akibat pendemi virus corona covid 19 proses belajar mengajar harus dilakukan melalui pembelajaran jarak jauh.Hasil dari penelitian ditemukan hubungan yang erat antara perkuliahan online dengan sikap mental dari para mahasiswa peserta perkuliahan. Hal ini bisa dilihat dari data hasil pengolahan dan analisannya menunjukkan sekitar 60.5 % mahasiswa dan dosen siap berdaptasi dengan perkuliahan online walaupun ada yang merasa kesulitan dalam penggunaan aplikasi yang dipakai sebanyak diangka 32.5 % tapi sekitar 47.5 % siap beradaptasi. Hal ini bisa diatasi melalui pelatihan yang cepat dalam penggunaan teknologi pendukung serta operasionalisasi aplikasi tersebut. Perkuliahan online yang dilakukan para dosen disertai dengan pemberian tugas yang banyak dalam kondisi merebaknya wabah COVID-19, dan kebijakan pemerintahan anjuran stay at home serta working from home.

Chapter VIII

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Conan Doyle
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
At Home

‘The Outlying Pickets of the New World’ Our friends at home may well rejoice with us, for we are at our goal, and up to a point, at least, we have shown that the statement of Professor Challenger can be verified. We have not,...

Propensity to Work from Home: Modeling Results from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey

2000 ◽  
Vol 1706 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Drucker ◽  
Asad J. Khattak
Keyword(s):  
Sample Selection ◽  
Small Children ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Multinomial Logit Models ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Personal Transportation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
At Home

Working from home is regaining its popularity because of the advantages it presents for both employees and employers. Telecommunications technologies are enabling the new work-at-home phenomena. This study expands the existing body of work-at-home and telecommuting research by using data from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey to consider a larger sample and to include characteristics unavailable in previous analyses. The effects of socioeconomic, household, locational, and accessibility variables on individuals’ choices to work from home are estimated with ordered logit, ordered probit, and multinomial logit models, using a two-equation sample selection regression process. The three models give very similar results. They indicate that educational attainment and the presence of small children in the household encourage frequent working from home. Males and drivers choose to work from home more often than females or nondrivers, and the lack of free parking at work promotes home work. These findings bear implications for trip-generation forecasting and suggest directions for policies intended to influence commute travel.

scholarly journals PLANNING SOLUTIONS FOR SPACES FOR REMOTE OPERATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
Ol'ga Shirokova ◽  
Alena Pavlyuk
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Remote Operation ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Negative Factors ◽  
At Home

This article explores the possibilities of remote work. A definition is given, a regulatory framework is identified. The main advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. The negative factors that make it difficult to carry out work at home are identified. To compensate for the proposed use cases of spaces, also called co-working spaces. For the organization of remote work, there are five groups of needs. To meet the needs of the appropriate jobs. These are isolated rooms, open areas, meeting rooms, creative workshops, and rooms for group activi-ties. Typical modular planning solutions consisting of four zones: an office zone, which includes the listed types of premises, a zone of administrative and office premises, a zone of administrative and office premises, a leisure and rec-reation area. If necessary, the possibility of planning decisions is provided.

scholarly journals Using Population-Based Structures to Actively Monitor AEFIs during a Mass Immunization Campaign—A Case of Measles–Rubella and Polio Vaccines

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1293
Author(s):  
Dan Kajungu ◽  
Victoria Nambasa ◽  
Michael Muhoozi ◽  
Joan Tusabe ◽  
Beate Kampmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Oral Polio Vaccine ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
General Feeling ◽  
Reporting Rates ◽  
Village Health ◽  
At Home

Active vaccine pharmacovigilance complements the standard passive or spontaneous surveillance system, which suffers from low reporting rates. This study aimed at utilizing population-based structures to report and profile adverse events following immunization (AEFI) with the measles and rubella vaccine (MR), or MR in combination with the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV 1&3) (MR & bOPV), during mass vaccination in Uganda. Caretakers of children at home (less than 5 years) and schoolgoing children were followed up on and encouraged to report any AEFIs on day one, 2–3 days, 10 days, and 14 days after vaccination at school by their teachers and at-home, community-based village health teams. Out of 9798 children followed up on, 382 (3.9%) reported at least one AEFI, and in total, 517 AEFIs were reported. For MR, high temperature (21%), general feeling of weakness (19.3%), and headache (13%) were the most reported AEFIs, though there were variations on the days when they were reported. For the combination dose of MR & bOPV, high temperature (44%), rash (17%), general feeling of weakness (13%), and diarrhoea (8%) were the most common adverse events following immunization reported by caretakers. All 382 children cleared the AEFIs within 2 days, with 343 (90%) children reporting mild or moderate AEFIs and only 39 (10%) reporting severe AEFIs. The reported AEFIs are known and are mentioned in the vaccine leaflets with similar severity classification. Rates of AEFIs differed with the number of days after receiving the immunization. Conclusion: Active surveillance for AEFIs provides additional important information to national vaccine regulatory bodies. It reassures the public that vaccines are safe and that their safety is being taken seriously in Uganda, which would improve vaccine acceptability and confidence in the health system. Piggybacking on existing structures such as village health team members (for children at home) and teachers (for schoolgoing children) facilitates reaching vaccine recipients and increases reporting rates. Therefore, studies using active reporting of AEFIs should be conducted at regular intervals to report the overall incidence of AEs and to monitor trends and changes.

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