Corona Crisis and Inequality: Why Management Research Needs a Societal Turn

Bapuji, Hari; Patel, Charmi; Ertug, Gökhan; Allen, David G.

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“…Not all homebased working is driven by ICT and not all homebased work takes place via Zoom meetings. We must be attentive to how different occupations are affected by COVID-19 and associated health measures (Bapuji et al, 2020). Yet, those homebased workers who are not working via laptops and virtual conferencing have been strangely absent from a lot of the debates about the impacts of lockdown.…”

Section: Socio-economic Differencesmentioning

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Where does work belong anymore? The implications of intensive homebased working

Mallett

Marks

Skountridaki

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper, a “thought piece”, is to consider the everyday realities of homebased working and the implications for work during a global pandemic and beyond. Design/methodology/approach The authors present a conceptual framework for considering the domestic sphere as a social space and apply this framework to consider the existing evidence base on homebased working. In particular, the authors consider the implications of homebased working during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of gender. Findings The authors identify key challenges in relation to flexibility, work intensification and socio-economic differences. Consideration of these areas highlights the potential pitfalls and challenges that are likely to persist as many organisations begin to plan for an increase in homebased working. Originality/value The authors argue that some commentators have been too quick to celebrate the apparent successes of the sudden, unplanned move to intensive homebased working. Important differences in occupation, gender and other socio-economic factors will have important implications for the experience of homebased working for many workers and their co-residents.

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Section: Socio-economic Differencesmentioning

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Where does work belong anymore? The implications of intensive homebased working

Mallett

Marks

Skountridaki

2020

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“…For instance, at the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised major challenges for people management, as we deal with the combined threats to global health and the economy (Bapuji et al, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and the global uncertainty that surrounds the post-pandemic world demand innovative and relevant scholarship, so we can offer useful guidance for international and comparative HRM practitioners.…”

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Similarities and differences in international and comparative human resource management: A review of 60 years of research

Sanders

Cieri

2020

Human Resource Management

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In this article, we review similarities and differences in articles in the research field of international and comparative human resource management (HRM), published in Human Resource Management over the past 60 years. The extensive review and analysis, based on 189 conceptual articles, reviews, and empirical studies, identified several trends. First, the two distinct research streams in this research field (HRM in MNEs and comparative HRM) have grown over the decades and moved from conceptual articles in the beginning to almost exclusively empirical studies in more recent years. Second, in addition to the two research streams, in more recent years we identified a third research stream that combines elements of HRM in MNEs and comparative HRM research. Third, the research field has become more feminized, with an increasing number of female (first) authors, and has become more international, with more authors affiliated with non‐US universities in the more recent time periods. Finally, while the research streams show some differences in the content of their research, we do not find evidence that the streams developed in isolation. Based on our analysis, we provide suggestions for future research on international and comparative HRM and identify current implications for HR practitioners.

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“…How, for example, more research is needed on COVID-19 and the accounting and accountability implications as well as its social and environmental impacts. Indeed there are already a myriad of useful contributions, editorials and commentaries, on this topic (e.g., Bapuji et al 2020aBapuji et al , 2020bRinaldi et al 2020). While we firmly believe in this need for research, and indeed would welcome contributions on this topic to the journal, we also view it as tremendously important to continue our reflections on aspects of the social and environmental crisis that have long underpinned the research of many and for which SEAJ seeks to advance knowledge.…”

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Editors Introduction to the Special Issue.I (we) won’t back down: Rob Gray’s Tribute Album

Rodrigue

Tregidga

2020

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

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2020 will certainly be a year that will be remembered. While we are sure that for many 2020 has seen some positive and joyful moments, 2020 is likely to be remembered in not so fond ways. 2020 will be etched in history as the year that COVID-19 took hold over many parts of the globe and changed the way many of us lived. What long term effect the crisis will have is not yet known, but it has certainly affected our immediate present and it is hard to imagine that it will not have at least medium term impacts. The loss of life and long term medical effects are clear and daunting. However the pandemic has also, for example, exposed many problems with our current structures and processes, highlighting ableism, gender inequality and economic inequalities, to name just a few. COVID-19 (and responses to it) have arguably also disrupted the domains of the private and public spheres with, for example, governments supporting workers through various furlough/wage payment schemes-paying workers where the private sector cannot (or, perhaps in some cases, chooses not to). In parallel, there has been a (re)consideration of the nature of meaningful work. This has been illustrated through the prominence of the term 'key (essential) workers' and a focus on care workers, health workers, cleaners, and rubbish collectors, highlighting in the process what have been referred to as bullshit jobs (Graeber 2018). For many in the SEAJ community it will also be remembered sadly as the year that Professor Rob Gray passed. An event that has been, and will continue to be, felt closely across our community. While both these events underlie this editorial, it is the later that we focus on in this special issue. This editorial is structured into three parts. First, we will conduct the usual review of the previous year at the journal. Providing a snapshot of Volume 40 and a reflection on some key points as we look both back on the previous issue and forward to the following year and beyond. In the spirit of this special issue in which we pay tribute to Rob Gray and his legacy, we, the current editors, will then say a few words. While there are a number of things we could have covered here, each having known and engaged with Rob over the years, we have chosen to focus on Rob's contribution to this journal, which, as you will see below, was substantive. In the third and final section, our introduction to the

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Corona Crisis and Inequality: Why Management Research Needs a Societal Turn

Cited by 221 publications

References 44 publications

Where does work belong anymore? The implications of intensive homebased working

Where does work belong anymore? The implications of intensive homebased working

Similarities and differences in international and comparative human resource management: A review of 60 years of research

Editors Introduction to the Special Issue.I (we) won’t back down: Rob Gray’s Tribute Album

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