Workplace change within the COVID-19 context: a grounded theory approach

Abstract

The purpose is to investigate the current status and future evolution of the workplace within the COVID-19 pandemic context. Documents, publications and surveys from numerous sources have been analyzed to find out more about the employees' and organizations' experience with remote working and the advantages and disadvantages of accessing the workplace during the pandemic. The analysis of the data made possible the identification of patterns within the available literature regarding what has happened and, especially, its influence on the workplace. The revolution initiated by COVID-19 has changed the way companies and employees work and will continue doing so, requiring a constant reinvention of how they operate and causing actions never seen before, generating deep changes in the workplace. Therefore, the idea of the workplace will never be what was expected before COVID-19, where reinvention of work, technology and safety are key points in its transformation process.

COVID-19 pandemic and unemployment dynamics in European economies

“…We observe from Table 5 that COVID-19 deaths are causing unemployment in Italy and the UK. Our empirical results are in line with previous literature (Ancillo et al, 2020;Parvathamma, 2020;Couch et al, 2020;Fern andez-Villaverde & Jones, 2020;Blundell et al, 2020;Boneva et al, 2020;Fernandes, 2020). Our results show that COVID-19 cases are more cause of unemployment compared to COVID-19 deaths.…”

Explaining COVID-19 shock wave mechanism in the European service industry using convergence clubs analysis

“…Since this has developed into an extraordinary circumstance, the gig economy cannot keep up because of the current uncertainty (Umar et al 2020 ). The results show the importance of essential categories for rethinking the workplace after COVID-19 and for the whole process of change in the workplace (de Lucas Ancillo et al 2020 ). The service industry also suffers impacts from global foreign exchange markets volatility and uncertainty (Fasanya et al 2020 ).…”

Applied Management Post-Covid19: Implications for Academic Managers in Private Higher Education, Beyond Crises

“…De Lucas Ancillo et al (2020) explain how the temptation to return to pre-COVID-19 approaches should be avoided. Instead, the best approach is to adopt methods that allow preventing mistakes previously made (de Lucas Ancillo, del Val Núñez and Gavrila, 2020). Furthermore, it is necessary to construct new frameworks for a digital world, educate, and prepare the organisation so that they can adapt to different work regimes and successfully blend between the processes related to face-to-face and remote work.…”

“…Such management concepts are competitive advantages, organisational capabilities, and sustainable performance. The studies investigating the academic, managerial issues have demonstrated how improved management theory can be applied to help maintain the functionality of higher education (Ghasemy and Hussin, 2014;Musingafi et al, 2014;Siegel and Leih, 2018). Academic managers (Department Heads) play pivotal roles in the management and governance of higher education institutions, making decisions that affect faculty careers, curriculum, student enrolments, and department budgets (Berdrow, 2010;Gmelch et al, 2017).…”