Residential built environment and working from home: A New Zealand perspective during COVID-19

Mayer, Bethany; Boston, Megan

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2022.103844

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“…These results demonstrate the ability of the methods presented to effectively and efficiently monitor public opinion during the pandemic. Mayer and Boston (2022) suggest in their research that the application of WFH causes temporary changes in the way people interact with their social environment. The research conducted in New Zealand revealed that the majority of respondents who are WFH generally have a positive experience at the time of WFH because it can improve welfare and have a high desire for workers to work part-time or full-time in the future.…”

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The Important Role of New Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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March 2020 became the beginning of a global phenomenon for global citizens when the World Health Organization (WHO) designated it as an “extraordinary event” that became known as the COVID-19 pandemic. More media, especially social media, are reporting on issues related to the pandemic. This research aims to analyze the important role of new media as a new tool that is applied during the current pandemic, using qualitative descriptive methods. The research results show that in this pandemic era, the use of new media has become a new “habit”. Every day, community activities, starting from work and schooling, have used new media, such as online channels that can support work or school activities as if done face-to-face. Currently, there are a number of activities carried out by the community using new media such as the Zoom Meeting application, Google Meet, IG Live, Youtube, WhatsApp Video, IG Video, and even other applications that may be custom-made by several company agencies to support the continued running of activities, in times of this pandemic. So, it can be concluded that current activities by the community during a pandemic era such as Work from Home (WFH) or School from Home (SFH), has become a pattern of cultural change in the society during a pandemic.

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The Important Role of New Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Second, telework removes physical boundaries that separate work (in the office/onsite) and life (not in the office/offsite), and this requires a resetting practice for workers. Working from home, productivity, and employee health remain linked [80][81][82][83][84]. While managers could support employees to build effective boundaries, there may be a case for progression towards results-based evaluation rather than performative hours-based work; particularly in knowledge workers.…”

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Working from Home, Telework, and Psychological Wellbeing? A Systematic Review

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2022

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The practice of telework, remote work, and working from home has grown significantly across the pandemic era (2020+). These practices offer new ways of working but come with a lack of clarity as to the role it plays in supporting the wellbeing of staff. (1) Background: the purpose of this study is to examine the current literature on wellbeing outcomes and effects of telework; (2) Methods: this study adopts a systematic literature review from 2000-2022 using the PRISMA approach and thematic analysis guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Wellbeing, Decent Work, Gender Equality, and Inclusive Production); (3) Results: it was evident that there is a lack of clarity on the actual effects of telework on employee wellbeing, but it appeared that it had a generally positive effect on short-term wellbeing of staff, and created more flexible and proactive work design opportunities; (4) Conclusions: there is a need for more targeted research into work designs that support wellbeing and productivity of staff, and consider the environmental sustainability changes from reduced office and onsite work and increased working from home.

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“…The theory behind non-pharmacological interventions is to limit population build-up and movement, and traffic control is the most effective way to do this ( Xiang, Chen, Peng, Wang, Liu, 2022a ). To block the spread of the epidemic, >140 countries around the world have taken various traffic control measures, including home quarantine, public transport shutdowns and traffic shutdowns in infected areas ( Gao et al, 2022 ; Mayer & Boston, 2022 ). In the United States, Australia and China, the most common traffic control measures used include shutting down public transportation in cities at the center of the outbreak, blocking all modes of transportation in the infected areas of cities and requiring residents to stay at home in quarantine for about 14 days if there are cases of infection in their community ( Beck et al, 2021 ; Goenaga et al, 2021 ; S. Lai, Ruktanonchai, Zhou, Prosper, et al, 2020a ; Z.…”

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“… Liu & Stern, 2021 ). In addition, some countries have declared states of emergency in some cities or the whole country to encourage residents to stay in their homes and reduce unnecessary travel, such as New Zealand's “Alert Level System”, Japan's “State of Emergency”, and China's “ first-level response to major public health emergency” (S. Liu & Yamamoto, 2022 ; Mayer & Boston, 2022 ). Countries with more severe epidemics have adopted direct measures of total blockades, for example France and India ( Dablanc et al, 2022 ; Pulla, 2020 ).…”

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