Influence of Working From Home During the COVID-19 Crisis and HR Practitioner Response

Chen, Zhisheng

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.710517

Cited by 59 publications

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“…Creating an enabling work environment, monitoring and reinforcing acceptable behaviour, and optimizing process organization and burden are all things that may be done. (28)…”

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The HR concerns and coping mechanisms for enhancing workplace flexibility in the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic review.

Kerketta

A.N

2022

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The COVID-19 outbreak has wreaked havoc worldwide, disrupting industries and life, posing hitches for organizations, stakeholders and common people. The viable workplace and smooth living have been challenged and forced the organizations to introduce an innovative, imaginative, and comprehensive approach to respond to the challenges. The companies have been striving hard to adjust to the new normal. At the same time, the government, on the other hand, is trying to normalize the situation for the general public. Industries have maintained their services by implementing a work-from-home strategy. However, for the healthcare industry, it was not an option. Though telemedicine/consultation was hailed as a solution, but in low-income countries, it was met with failure, forcing health personnel to contact patients personally. However, this has jeopardized health workers' lives and resulted in a human resource shortage. Nevertheless, the study aimed to identify HR challenges and interventions to create a resilient workplace. Nonetheless, following a systematic review from 17 databases, the HR challenges and strategic responses for a workable workplace have been highlighted. The results identified are shown in the table enlisting as challenges, manifestation, strategy, and different levels of the interventions. Furthermore, HR professionals devised a plan for the employees to rejuvenate and refresh themselves from stress and weariness by doing meditation yoga sessions that gave physical and mental support. All of these techniques contributed significantly to a stable working environment.

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“…Creating an enabling work environment, monitoring and reinforcing acceptable behaviour, and optimizing process organization and burden are all things that may be done. (28)…”

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confidence: 99%

The HR concerns and coping mechanisms for enhancing workplace flexibility in the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic review.

Kerketta

A.N

2022

Preprint

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“…They cite, for example, the need for commuting, time flexibility, or, for example, focusing on work as the best-rated benefits [2]. Chen [18] also mentions many identical advantages and disadvantages of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic in their study of the impact of working from home on employees. Based on other expert studies and surveys, Chen [18] concluded that, among other things, insufficient skills of employees, uncertainty about redundancies, wage cuts, and bankruptcies are some of the significant negatives of working from home for employees.…”

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“…Chen [18] also mentions many identical advantages and disadvantages of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic in their study of the impact of working from home on employees. Based on other expert studies and surveys, Chen [18] concluded that, among other things, insufficient skills of employees, uncertainty about redundancies, wage cuts, and bankruptcies are some of the significant negatives of working from home for employees. For managers, for example, it is the inability to thoroughly control and supervise subordinates or the lack of interaction with them [18].…”

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Pros and Cons of Home Office during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Obdržálková

Moravcova

2022

SHS Web Conf.

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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many changes have taken place, not only in the economic and health sector but also in the labor market. Many workers had to shift to work from home regardless of their previous experience in having a home office, bringing many challenges and possible benefits and drawbacks. The paper aims to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the home office trend during the Covid-19 pandemic and their differences in terms of location through a literature review method, synthesis, and subsequent comparison. The research has shown that the most common benefits of working from home include time flexibility, no need to commute, and a reduced risk of contracting the Covid-19. Better communication and physical health are among the least mentioned and therefore the least frequent benefits of the home office trend. The results show that social isolation, work-life balance, and lack of equipment are the most common disadvantages. The least common cons include issues with performing tasks, back pain, or long meetings. In terms of location, the most common advantages and disadvantages vary considerably. In some cases, however, the differences in terms of location were slight to almost non-existent. The findings indicate that it is not clear whether the home office trend and the transition during the Covid-19 pandemic are positive or negative, as it has both advantages and disadvantages. They vary in terms of location, which may be due to the different development of countries and cultural differences.

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“…Unprecedentedly, the rate of employees working from home in Europe during the pandemic has increased to 48%, moreover, approximately half of them were without any previous teleworking experience (Eurofound, 2020 ). This change was rapid and without proper preparation on behalf of both, the organisations and their employees (Chen, 2021 ). For example, due to the sudden nature of this transition, less than half of the employees reported having been provided with the equipment needed to work from home by their employers (Eurofound, 2020 ).…”

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“…For this reason, most employees received only limited or no support from their organisations. They had to rely on their own resources while dealing with newly emerged challenges to manage work and home interfaces (Chen, 2021 ). Thus, the importance of various individual skills that help manage home and work interfaces has only increased.…”

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Family boundary permeability, difficulties detaching from work, and work-home conflict: what comes first during the lockdown?

Žiedelis

Urbanavičiūtė

Lazauskaitė‐Zabielskė

2022

Curr Psychol

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The challenges posed by the urgent demand of the lockdown to start working from home and successfully manage work-family interface have also triggered the increased boundary permeability, difficulties detaching from work and work-home conflict. However, little is known about the temporal dynamics between these challenges, therefore more research-based data could facilitate not only a better understanding of the risks for employee well-being but also finding the best practices to counteract work-home conflict when working from home. Our study aimed to examine the direction of cross-lagged effects among family boundary permeability, psychological detachment, and work-home conflict in the context of the pandemic. In all, 375 employees participated in a two-wave study. We used structural equation modelling to test and compare several models that were deployed for describing the hypothesised temporal relationships. The results of our study revealed that psychological detachment predicted boundary permeability and work-family conflict four months later, but not vice versa. Thus, the ability to detach from work should not be considered a consequence of low family boundary permeability. Instead, it seems to serve as a strategy to keep work and non-work spheres separate, eventually, to avoid work-family conflict. As a result, practical efforts should focus on helping remote workers to detach from work when they are not working rather than on the prevention of boundary-blurring. Finally, the discussion of the results of the impact of both, the context of the pandemic and the nature of the mandatory transition to working from home is presented and practical guidelines on how organisations may help employees better manage the work and home interface in telework settings are offered.

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Influence of Working From Home During the COVID-19 Crisis and HR Practitioner Response

Cited by 59 publications

References 38 publications

The HR concerns and coping mechanisms for enhancing workplace flexibility in the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic review.

The HR concerns and coping mechanisms for enhancing workplace flexibility in the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic review.

Pros and Cons of Home Office during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Family boundary permeability, difficulties detaching from work, and work-home conflict: what comes first during the lockdown?

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