How Working from Home during COVID-19 Affects Academic Productivity

AbuJarour, Safa’a; Ajjan, Haya; Fedorowicz, Jane; Owens, Dawn

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“…Multidisciplinary literature has revealed that job productivity, well-being and work-life balance are key factors when exploring the impact of remote technology on employees, managers and firms, especially if the work is managed by objectives and performance-based (Sharafutdinova et al , 2022; Leonardi, 2020; Mingardo et al , 2020). Following literature and data collected by Eurofound (2020) the positive aspects of remote working can be summarized as follows: increased productivity (Abdellatif, 2021; Abujarour, 2021; Awada et al , 2021; Guler et al , 2021; Huls et al , 2021; Nuur et al , 2021); greater autonomy (Wong et al , 2021); and improvement in flexibility (intended as the possibility to work from different locations without the limitations due to office-based hours and risks related to displacement and crowding) (Kniffin et al , 2021; Troll et al , 2021). …”

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Remote working in Italian SMEs during COVID-19. Learning challenges of a new work organization

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how remote working has been carried out during the first wave of the pandemic in Italian SMEs, representing at the same time an organizational challenge and an excellent opportunity for individual and organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach This paper involved 60 Italian SMEs of various sectors and 330 employees: 217 clerks (average age 42) and 113 managers (average age 48) belonging to different functional units and with a different education backgrounds. Two different questionnaires, one addressed to clerks and one to managers/executives who coordinate the remote working activity, were prepared and sent. This paper investigates the issues of perceived productivity, technological preparation, coordination, programming and control with specific attention to how the participants faced the remote working experience from the learning point of view. Findings Before the pandemic, Italian SMEs did not feel the necessity to adopt a structured policy on remote working. The COVID-19 emergency has forced them to consider that working remotely is possible and can produce benefits and positive results for what they learned in terms of autonomy, motivation and trust, to the detriment of physical presence, which is not as fundamental to ensure productivity. Originality/value While large, formalized and structured companies encountered modest difficulties being already technologically and culturally prepared for remote working, the big challenge was that of SMEs, who found themselves obliged to adopt it. This paper examines how Italian SMEs lived and evaluated the switch to a new work organization and turned it into an occasion for workplace learning.

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“…increased productivity (Abdellatif, 2021; Abujarour, 2021; Awada et al , 2021; Guler et al , 2021; Huls et al , 2021; Nuur et al , 2021);…”

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Remote working in Italian SMEs during COVID-19. Learning challenges of a new work organization

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“…Professional services staff with responsibility for these policies and services had to change the ways they supported academics rapidly. Fourth, all university staff had to adapt to working from home, which radically altered the ways staff interacted with each other and with students, impacting productivity (AbuJarour et al 2021).…”

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Moving Teaching Online: Cultural Barriers Experienced by University Teachers During Covid-19

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Kennedy³

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This empirical study examines the experiences of academics and professional service staff in a large UK university during first weeks of the transition to online teaching and working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method draws on the work by Gourlay and Oliver (2018) to explore engagement with the digital university in everyday practice. Using data from 412 survey responses and 32 interviews, the study traces varying ways staff characterised themselves during the first months of lockdown in the UK (from March to July, 2020). The findings highlight that university support services underwent a metamorphosis to support the transition to online teaching. However, insufficient attention was paid to the 'identity crisis' and threats perceived by academics who were used to teaching students on campus. Academics tended to focus on transferring traditional teaching practices to the online environment, rather than on changing teaching practice, leaving face-to-face teaching as the default point of reference. These cultural barriers are a persistent obstacle to a more productive engagement with digitalisation. Transitioning to online teaching involves continuing existing work while also learning new practices. Such efforts were challenging for teaching staff who did not have dedicated space at home to work and those with caring responsibilities. This, combined with gendered patterns around caring and the extra support needed by students during the crisis, added emotional labour to already-full workloads. We recommend that intersecting forms of disadvantage be acknowledged, supported and rewarded for universities to create sustainable and just futures.

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“…In Zeiten von Digitalisierung und der Corona-Pandemie und den damit verbundenen Kontaktbeschränkungen und Homeoffice-Reglungen rückt die digitale Zusammenarbeit zunehmend in den Vordergrund (AbuJarour et al. 2021 ). Zahlreiche Untersuchungen belegen die Vorteile, die mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung einhergehen: Dadurch, dass orts- und zeitunabhängig gearbeitet werden kann, kann beispielsweise eine gesteigerte Produktivität und Effektivität erreicht, Kosten gespart (z.…”

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AR- und Holografie-gestütztes Netzwerken als Alternative zum traditionellen Netzwerken vor Ort – ein multiperspektivischer Einblick

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ZusammenfassungVirtuelles Netzwerken ist seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie ein zentrales Mittel geworden, um sich zu vernetzen. Mit dem einschneidenden Ereignis von COVID-19 sind zahlreiche Alternativen zu traditionellen Netzwerkveranstaltungen wie Messen, Abendessen etc. entstanden. Hierbei traten jedoch auch viele Hürden auf, etwa die fehlende Menschlichkeit oder das zweidimensionale Erscheinungsbild im digitalen Raum. Ein Ansatz diese Herausforderungen zu überwinden, liegt in der Kombination von erweiterter Realität (engl. augmented reality (AR)) und Holografie. Um die technische Machbarkeit dieses Ansatzes zu überprüfen, haben wir mit AR-Experten und Kunden gesprochen und die Faktoren für und gegen die Nutzung von AR und Holografie zum Netzwerken diskutiert. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Experten und Kunden hohes Potenzial in der Kombination sehen. Doch mangelt es momentan noch an technologischen Lösungen, um dies breitenwirksam einsetzen zu können. Die Experten und Kunden sind sich resümierend einig, dass es, basierend auf den aktuellen technischen Entwicklungen im Bereich AR und Holografie, in naher Zukunft dafür Lösungen geben wird und die Kombination von AR und Holografie dann eine gute Alternative zum Netzwerken darstellen kann. Daraus folgern wir, dass ortsunabhängiges Netzwerken mit AR und Holografie eine Welt zum Wohlfühlen für die Nutzenden schafft und einen klaren Mehrwert darstellt.

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How Working from Home during COVID-19 Affects Academic Productivity

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Remote working in Italian SMEs during COVID-19. Learning challenges of a new work organization

Remote working in Italian SMEs during COVID-19. Learning challenges of a new work organization

Moving Teaching Online: Cultural Barriers Experienced by University Teachers During Covid-19

AR- und Holografie-gestütztes Netzwerken als Alternative zum traditionellen Netzwerken vor Ort – ein multiperspektivischer Einblick

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