Work from Home
Multi-level Perspectives on the New Normal
Payal Kumar editor Pawan Budhwar editor Anirudh Agrawal editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
Published:2nd Dec '21
Should be back in stock very soon
Covid 19 was a black swan event which led to working from home emerging as the new normal at a global level. As HRM scholars we aim to understand this phenomenon from both an employee and employer perspective, while drawing on the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) which aspire for a fairer and more inclusive world for people and the planet.
At the individual level of analysis there are chapters on conflicts between work and home life, differing levels of motivation, workplace loneliness and the work preferences of introverts and extraverts.
At the organizational level questions are raised about the effects on profitability, organizational resilience, and the ability of organizations to remain innovative. How can employees be managed in terms of mentoring, role modelling and how can they be monitored for purposes of appraisal reviews? Chapters include the romanticization of WFH, a case study of shared leadership in Vienna and WFH amongst start-ups in India.
In this edited book, researchers from the Global North and the Global south answer these questions, while making a seminal contribution to the field of HRM from a work from home perspective. This is an essential read not just for scholars and students of management, but also for those from the domains of psychology and sociology, and also for policy makers. This book has long-term relevance given that recent polls indicate that as a fallout of Covid-19, many employees the world over are showing a preference for a hybrid model of work – partially at the brick-and-mortar office and partially from home.
One of the defining moments in the world of work is the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 global pandemic. A large number of employees were sent working from home very quickly and hastily to comply with public health directives. This timely and critical volume provides important guidance to both employees and employers navigating work-from-home as a new way of working.
-- Eddy Ng, Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queen’s University, CanadaWith employees and organizations all struggling with questions regarding when and how to return to the workplace, this volume could not be more timely. The questions raised by working from home are multi-dimensional in nature, ranging from how WFH is likely to impact individual and team productivity, to what it means for information flow and diversity. This volume addresses them all, taking a badly needed, evidence-based, yet real-world approach. Simply put, this volume is a not-to-be-missed resource for managers and researchers wondering about the changes in the nature of work elicited by the COVID pandemic.
-- Peter Bamberger, Head of the Organizational Behavior Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel & Vice President-Elect and Program Chair-Elect, Academy of ManagementWith the Covid-19 health pandemic ravaging the global economy, the question of ‘functioning’ and how to achieve this despite adversity could not be more topical. In this thorough compendium of contributions from various business fields, Kumar, Agrawal & Budhwar present a valuable research resource that demonstrates the importance of marrying technological innovation with a philosophy of adaptability to ensure productivity and obviate disruption in times of crisis. Such work is a worthwhile contribution to understanding the new normality and also shaping the inevitable task of ‘building back’ that we are now faced with.
-- Dr Dominic Thomas-James FRSA, Global Justice Fellow, Yale University; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; Visiting Lecturer, School of Management, BML Munjal University; and BarriISBN: 9781800716629
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
Weight: 494g
264 pages