The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing people's willingness to use new telecommunications technology (NTT) tools as their means of home-work communication, also called ‘telecommuting.’ The study also explores ways of solving urban transportation problems thr…
This study compares the job satisfaction of individual contributors and managers on local (co-located) software teams versus those working on virtual teams. It also examines differences in job satisfaction among workers of differing experience levels. Participants were recruited…
"COVID-19 has accelerated the digitalisation of working and social interactions. Global lockdowns to contain the pandemic have forced firms and workers to perform a wide range of daily functions through virtual means. This has led to greater uptake and acceptance of remote worki…
This series will trace at the example of work the historical connections between regions and critically engage with the idea of the North Atlantic World as normal and the rest as exceptional. The aim is to publish studies that change focus back and forth from the intimacy and co…
Corona and work around the globe
by Ann, Waltner, On, Barak, Alina-Sandra, Cucu, Andreas, Eckert, Babacar, Fall, Bahru, Zewde, Bridget, Kenny, Chitra, Joshi, Cristiana, Schettini, Daniel, Eisenberg, Ellen, Rothenberg, Felicitas Hentschke, JAMES WILLIAMS, Jürgen Kocka, Larissa Rosa, Corrêa, Leon Fink, Mahua, Sarkar, Marcel van der, Linden, Mary Jo Maynes, Maurice, Weiss, Nicole, Mayer-Ahuja, Paulo, Fontes, Preben, Kaarsholm, Sandrine, Kott, Supurna, Banerjee, Yoko, Tanaka
fromWork in global and historical perspective
This book provides a global perspective on the transformations in the world of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of essays will break down the general statistics and trends into glimpses of concrete experiences of workers during pandemic, of workplaces transfo…
Gurstein combines a background in planning, sociology of work, and feminist theory with qualitative and quantitative data from ten years of original research, including in-depth interviews and surveys, to understand the socio-spatial impact of home-based work on daily life patte…