<i>Human Relations</i> virtual special issue: The Quality of Working Life Revisited

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“…WFH has moved from the fringes to become a mainstream workplace arrangement, and it seems it has gained permanency. Looking at the new normal, which includes “future of work” and “role of office” leads to concerns about well-being and mental health (Guest et al , 2021). There is a lot of learning for managers and organizations to create the right support during this pandemic (Kirchner et al , 2021).…”

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Work from home: understanding boundary management profiles using boundary-fit perspective

Kashive¹,

Sharma²,

Khanna³

2021

IJOA

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Purpose The recent COVID-19 pandemic has (triggered) lots of interest in work from home (WFH) practices. Many organizations in India are changing their work practices and adopting new models of getting the work done. The purpose of the study to look at the boundary-fit perspective (Ammons (2013) and two factors, namely, individual preferences (boundary control, family identity, work identity and technology stress) and environmental factors (job control, supervisor support and organizational policies). These dimensions are used and considered to create various clusters for employees working from home. Design/methodology/approach K-mean clustering was used to do the cluster analysis. Statistical package for social sciences 23 was used to explore different clusters based on a pattern of characteristics unique to that cluster, but each cluster differed from other clusters. Further analysis of variance test was conducted to see how these clusters differ across three chosen outcomes, namely, work-family conflict, boundary management tactics used and positive family-to-work spillover effect. The post hoc test also provided insights on how each cluster differs from others on these outcomes. Findings The results indicated four distinct clusters named boundary-fit family guardians, work warriors, boundary-fit fusion lovers and dividers consistent (with previous) research. These clusters also differ across at least two major outcomes like boundary management tactics and positive spillover. The high control cluster profiles like Cluster 3 (boundary-fit fusion lovers) and Cluster 4 (dividers) showed low technostress and higher use of boundary management tactics. Cluster 3 (boundary-fit fusion lovers) and Cluster 1 (boundary-fit family guardians) having high environmental influencers also showed higher positive family-to-work spillover. Research limitations/implications Because this study is very specific to the Indian context, a broad generalization requires further exploration in other cultural contexts. The absence of this exploration is one of the limitations of this study. On the culture continuum, countries may vary from being individualistic on one extreme to being collectivistic on the other extreme. Interaction of these two cultural extremities with the individual and the environmental dimension, as espoused in this research, can be examined further in a different cultural setting. Originality/value This study has extended the work of Ammons (2013) and added external influencers as a dimension to the individual preferences given by (Kossek 2016), and created the cluster for employees in the Indian context. This study has demonstrated the importance of reduced technostress, and the use of boundary management tactics (temporal and behavioral) leads to positive family-to-work spillover. It has also emphasized the relevance of organization policies and supervisor support for better outcomes in WFH.

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Work from home: understanding boundary management profiles using boundary-fit perspective

Kashive¹,

Sharma²,

Khanna³

2021

IJOA

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries instituted mandatory closures of non-essential businesses where social distancing was not possible and transmission of the virus was more likely; these businesses included tourist sites, restaurants, and hair and nail salons (Huang et al, 2020). Many adults, including migrants, lost their jobs (Guest et al, 2020;Huang et al, 2020). Unemployment may reduce access to healthcare if employment is linked to healthcare benefits.…”

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Factors linked to accessing COVID‐19 recommendations among working migrants

Zlotnick

Dryjanska

Suckerman

2021

Public Health Nursing

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Objectives: Guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM), this study explored factors associated with accessing COVID-19 health information. Design/sample: A cross-sectional study design was used. Sample: Migrants (n = 259) employed in Israel prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were recruited. Measurements: The on-line questionnaire included: The Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Brief Resilience Coping Scale and Immigrants' Language Ability scale. Results: Migrants obtaining COVID-19 information when issued were more likely to have decreased employment or unemployment after COVID-19 government restrictions (OR = 1.98; CI = 1.03, 3.89; p < .05) and more likely to have a better language ability (OR = 1.20; CI = 1.10, 1.32, p < .0001), but they were less likely to use family and/or friends as their COVID-19 health resource (OR = 0.54, CI = 0.30, 0.96; p < .05). Migrants encountering the most employment difficulties were: female (p < .05), older age (p < .05), unmarried (p < .01), with unstable finances (p < .0001), and in Israel less than 5 years (p < .01).Conclusions: Migrants with more precarious employment had more societal disadvantage (i.e., women, older age, unmarried, poorer socioeconomic status, and newer migrants) and relied on informal and potentially inaccurate, health sources. Public health officials aiming to decrease COVID-19 infection must improve health information access to all members of society, particularly at-risk groups such as migrants.

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Six Key Advantages and Disadvantages of Working from Home in Europe during COVID-19

Ipsen

Veldhoven

Kirchner

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The number of people working from home (WFH) increased radically during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate people’s experiences of WFH during the pandemic and to identify the main factors of advantages and disadvantages of WFH. Data from 29 European countries on the experiences of knowledge workers (N = 5748) WFH during the early stages of lockdown (11 March to 8 May 2020) were collected. A factor analysis showed the overall distribution of people’s experiences and how the advantages and disadvantages of WFH during the early weeks of the pandemic can be grouped into six key factors. The results indicated that most people had a more positive rather than negative experience of WFH during lockdown. Three factors represent the main advantages of WFH: (i) work–life balance, (ii) improved work efficiency and (iii) greater work control. The main disadvantages were (iv) home office constraints, (v) work uncertainties and (vi) inadequate tools. Comparing gender, number of children at home, age and managers versus employees in relation to these factors provided insights into the differential impact of WFH on people’s lives. The factors help organisations understand where action is most needed to safeguard both performance and well-being. As the data were collected amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we recommend further studies to validate the six factors and investigate their importance for well-being and performance in knowledge work.

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Human Relations virtual special issue: The Quality of Working Life Revisited

Abstract: Human Relations virtual special issues bring together and highlight related research on a particular topic.

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Work from home: understanding boundary management profiles using boundary-fit perspective

Work from home: understanding boundary management profiles using boundary-fit perspective

Factors linked to accessing COVID‐19 recommendations among working migrants

Six Key Advantages and Disadvantages of Working from Home in Europe during COVID-19

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