Implications of the COVID Telework Transition to Traditional Work Environment

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Stanca, P. I., & Tarbujaru, T. (2021). Remote Working: How the Working Life Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 21(2), 520-526.
Stanca and Tarbujaru (2021) argue that the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 resulted in governments adopting protective measures to limit the disease's further spread. These adopted measures increasingly influenced the usual daily processes and undertakings. Change among people and firms was increasingly necessary to counter the challenge. For example, redefining and restructuring the significant operations that sustained the society was inevitable. All economic sectors also turned to telework to continue operating and remaining relevant in their industries. Completing the assignments at home was problematic for many workers, so productivity was reduced significantly. Human resource components faced severe modifications due to mass virtual working adoption. Job vacancies and searchers also altered since organizations now recruited according to the emergent working process that comprised remote working. Also, most firms conducted interviews using virtual means. This approach might have actualized though the disease accelerated this process.
Shutters, S. T. (2021). Modelling long-term COVID-19 impacts on the US workforce of 2029. Plos one, 16(12), e0260797. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260797
This research assesses the expected long-term workforce effects in the next decade by comparing the unique coronavirus-modified forecasts provided by the American Bureau of Labor Statistics and the original 2029 labor forecasts. According to the authors, results indicate that labor expertise's future demand will rise as the work nature moves from physical to increasingly cognitive-based. About 3,000,000 jobs will vanish by 2029. Findings also indicate that labor socialness is vital for productivity and innovations upsurge in most industries than it reduces. Ultimately, the pandemic may encourage organizations to adopt teleworking and reduce workforce mechanization. These influences, coupled with an adjustment to cognitive working, will most likely affect the nature of workforce safety and health with a reduced concentration on physical injuries and more on lifestyle diseases. Overall, the findings suggested that future employees will be actively involved in skill acquisition and training.
Abulibdeh, A. (2020). Can COVID-19 mitigation measures promote telework practices? Journal of Labor and Society, 23(4), 551-576. https://doi.org/10.1111/wusa.12498
According to Abulibdeh (2020), teleworking policies and practices played a critical role in business continuity plans during the pandemic that restrained workers from completing their organizational assignments while at their offices or working environments. Therefore, telework gave those workers a chance to do their work at home and ensured their firms remained operational. This study examined the coronavirus impact on enhancing telework exercises. It discussed the shift to telework during the pandemic and the teleworking practices' steadiness after the illness. Moreove...