Flexibility or ethical dilemma: an overview of the work from home policies in modern organizations around the world

Timsal, Ahmad; Awais, Mustabsar

doi:10.1108/hrmid-03-2016-0027

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“…during Covid-19, almost 47% of Austrians worked from home (Eurofound, 2021). This kind of working can offer different advantages and disadvantages for employees (Baruch, 2000;Beňo, 2018;Timbal and Mustabsat, 2016;Tremblay and Thomsin, 2012). Generally, the employee's self-management responsibilities increase.…”

Section: Home Office and Homeschoolmentioning

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Working from the Home Office and Homeschool(-ing): Experiences of Austrian Employees (Parents) in the Time of Covid-19

Beňo

2021

JESR

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Due to Covid-19, many working parents are facing new challenges. The aim of this paper is to share their personal experiences and the best recommendations for resolving their difficulties. We summarise their complex thoughts on the subject of the home office in relation to the household, homeschooling and the education of all concerned. In order to address this question, a qualitative research paradigm using WhatsApp as a medium in order to explore the following research questions was used: 1) How are employees able to manage the home office, homeschooling and the household under one roof? and 2) Will WFH and homeschooling disadvantage working mothers more than working fathers? Data were collected from 10 working parents (five males and five females) in Austria. According to coding, four major themes were explored: 1) Compatibility, 2) Work/home space, 3) Work week separation and 4) Suggestions and organisational recommendations. It was determined that at the beginning of the lockdown drawing a clear boundary between the home, office and school environments caused some difficulties. Especially parents with younger children experienced problems of compatibility. Secondly, flexibility and housing in relation to the home-office-school environment was a common topic throughout the interviews. Furthermore, before Covid-19 all participants had a more classic separation of roles. Roles and expectations changed as all the family members stayed at home day in and day out. Finally, in privileged situations (more living space, jobs that could be done remotely or support of the entire family), it was often easier to deal with the current challenges. This pandemic has brought many changes in everyday life and in terms of performing old tasks and new ones. This includes work at home and homeschooling. The obtained data provide important insights into how to deal with the impact of Covid-19 on work, home and school while emphasising the importance of these questions as well as of future research for support and information. Received: 31 March 2021 / Accepted: 26 May 2021 / Published: 8 July 2021

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Section: Home Office and Homeschoolmentioning

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Working from the Home Office and Homeschool(-ing): Experiences of Austrian Employees (Parents) in the Time of Covid-19

Beňo

2021

JESR

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“…Employees who work at home only spend 27 minutes a day on unproductive activities (Beauregard, Basile, & Canonico, 2013). Timsal & Awais (2016) explained that WFH has a positive impact on the company. The impact for employees is that those who usually leave for the office earlier to avoid congestion no longer need to worry about it, their stress levels are reduced due to the office environment and their increased creativity.…”

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“…In general, Timsal & Awais (2016)stated that the benefits of WFH are: 1. Feeling a more flexible environment because you can set your hours; 2.…”

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Impact of Work From Home Policy on Behavior and Productivity of Lecturers and Education Staff

Sirait

Murdianingrum

2021

Int. J. Entrep. Manage. Soc. Sci. Hum.

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Policy Work From Home (WFH ) is enforce within the FEB UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta is one manifestation of breaking the chain of the COVID-19 virus. This research purpose is to identify the influence of WFH on the behavior and productivity of lecturers and education staff during this policy. This research is something new in education. The productivity assessment of the implementation of this policy has never be analyzed. This study uses quantitative methods with the number of respondents 96 respondents. The data was collected using a questionnaire, then tested the validity, reliability, and evaluation of the model structure using data analysis tools SmartPLS 3.0.0. The results of data processing explained that there was no relationship between WFH and technology-mediated behavior (P-Value = 0.297; T-Statistic = 1.043). A different yield of WFH data processing with productivity. It was found positive and significant influence but mediated partially competitive by technology. The path coefficient value of the direct relationship between WFH and productivity is 0.206 (P-Value 0.034; T-Statistic = 2.132) that the indirect relationship between WFH and productivity is mediating by the technology of 0.353. The limitation of this research is that it is only carried out in the FEB environment, not yet in a comprehensive manner at the “Veteran” National Development University, Yogyakarta.

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“…Pada tema manfaat yang diperoleh dengan bekerja dari rumah, partisipan membagian aspek positif bekerja dari rumah melalui pembelajaran U-Learning yaitu seluruh partisipan merasakan menjadi lebih dekat dengan keluarga, adanya fleksibilitas dalam bekerja karena bisa mengatur waktu. Temuan ini sesuai dengan pendapat Mungkasa (2020), dan hasil penelitian dari Timsal and Awais (2016) serta Grant et al (2013) tentang manfaat bekerja dari rumah. Namun ditemukan juga adanya kendala yaitu beberapa partisipan mengeluhkan adanya gangguan koneksi internet dan kuota terutama dari mahasiswa, sehinggga proses pembelajaran U-Learning menjadi kurang optimal.…”

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Bekerja dari rumah: implementasinya pada U-Learning selama pandemi virus Covid-19

Suryaningtyas

2020

JEM

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Work from home becomes a solution in Covid-19 pandemic condition. This research aims to explore work from home through U-Learning implementation which is done by lecturers from management and informatics in a private university in Malang. Method used was qualitative case study with 11 participants who were reached by whatsapp and returned completed answers of written interview and photos. All participants implemented U-Learning using Google Classroom application, while 2 participants added Zoom and Whatsapp applications. Some participants provided a room as specific place for working from home. Meanwhile, others provided pleasant places in their home to do working although some disturbances from families still happened. Almost all participants felt the benefit of working from home, such as to be closer to family and flexibility in time management between working and family, so as to achieve balance. Despite this, participants could not optimize the process of U-Learning caused by technical aspects and also family activities. Limitation of this study is using 11 participants only. For future research suggested to use more participants and other method to better result.

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Flexibility or ethical dilemma: an overview of the work from home policies in modern organizations around the world

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Working from the Home Office and Homeschool(-ing): Experiences of Austrian Employees (Parents) in the Time of Covid-19

Working from the Home Office and Homeschool(-ing): Experiences of Austrian Employees (Parents) in the Time of Covid-19

Impact of Work From Home Policy on Behavior and Productivity of Lecturers and Education Staff

Bekerja dari rumah: implementasinya pada U-Learning selama pandemi virus Covid-19

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