Index

Work from Home: Multi-level Perspectives on the New Normal

ISBN: 978-1-80071-662-9, eISBN: 978-1-80071-661-2

Publication date: 2 December 2021

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(2021), "Index", Kumar, P., Agrawal, A. and Budhwar, P. (Ed.) Work from Home: Multi-level Perspectives on the New Normal, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-661-220210013

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Act
, 188–189

Activity-based offices
, 184

Adaptability
, 61

Adaptive structuration theory (AST)
, 40, 42–43

Advanced communication technologies
, 40

Affect theory of social exchange
, 24–25, 28–29

Agency
, 184, 188–189

Agent
, 188–189

Agent–scene romanticisation of WFH
, 189

agent–scene scripts
, 193

analysis of narrative ratios
, 189–192

coding WFH pins
, 187–189

dramatism and pentadic criticism methodology
, 186

employee as agent
, 193–195

employer as agent
, 195

enhancing WFH agency of employees
, 196

implications of agent–scene ratio for WFH
, 192

romanticisation of WFH
, 192–193

scenes of work garner attention
, 183–184

work scenes literature review
, 184–185

Aggregate average trend analysis
, 12

Allen curve
, 17

Alphabet (parent company of Google)
, 23

American Community Service (ACS)
, 76

Appropriation
, 43

Architects
, 185

Autonomous motivation
, 137–138

Autonomy
, 154

Being innovative
, 66–67

Being real
, 67

Being whole
, 65–66

Boundary theory
, 62

Brainstorming
, 62

Builders
, 185

Call-and-meeting-function
, 45

Career management
, 61

practices
, 161

Case study method
, 206

CEO
, 107

dynamic between CEO, team and membership
, 107–109

shared leadership
, 109

Chief financial officers (CFOs)
, 18

Co-worker support
, 26, 28–30

Coding WFH pins
, 187

coding rhetorical artefacts
, 188–189

selecting rhetorical artefacts
, 187–188

Collaboration
, 216–217

collaboration/connectedness
, 8–10

Collectivism
, 157

Communication, 62 (see also Digital communication)

COVID-19 and use of
, 41

remote work policy
, 160

technologies
, 8

Comparative fit index (CFI)
, 85

Compatibility
, 81, 85

information quality influence on
, 88–89

online teaching satisfaction and
, 87–88

relationship among online teaching satisfaction, online teaching intention, psychological availability and
, 83

relationship between information, system, and service quality and
, 82

service quality influence on
, 88

Compensation theory
, 60

Competing Values Framework
, 33, 176

Computer-aided supplemental work at home
, 205

Conflicts and trust
, 216

Connectedness
, 4

Connectivity
, 61

Control variables
, 85

Convenience
, 215–216

Coordination
, 216–217

Corporate culture
, 18

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 67, 107

Counter-normative employment practices
, 156

Country norms
, 156–157

COVID-19
, 63

crisis
, 4, 98

EVB through digital voice channels
, 41–42

guiding framework
, 42–43

organisational environment and COVID restrictions
, 46–47

outbreak
, 5

pandemic
, 22–23, 40, 97, 148, 173, 184, 203

and use of communication technologies
, 41

virus
, 21, 166

Creative problem-solving
, 62

Crisis leaders
, 98

CrossFit
, 22

Culture conceptualisations
, 167–168

in WFH space
, 168–169

Data analysis
, 105

Differentiation paradigm views culture
, 168

Digital communication
, 8, 40, 43, 52

structures of digital communication technology
, 45–46

Digital distractions
, 52

Digital nomads
, 62

Digital platforms
, 215

Digital voice channel
, 40

EVB through
, 41–42

missing spark in
, 49–53

Digitalisation
, 40

EVB
, 44–45

findings
, 44

future research
, 53–54

group internal systems
, 47

methodology
, 43–44

missing spark in digital voice channels
, 49–53

organisational environment and COVID restrictions
, 46–47

practical and theoretical implications
, 54–55

structures of digital communication technology
, 45–46

of voice channels
, 47–48

Dimensions
, 78

Dispersed attention
, 52

Dramatism
, 184, 186–187

Dual-career families
, 7

Dugnad
, 68

Electronic communication, robustness of
, 155

Embedded agency
, 204

Employee voice behaviour (EVB)
, 40–41

through digital voice channels
, 41–42

Employees
, 76, 134, 173, 217

employee–management relationships
, 42

engagement
, 138

loneliness connection
, 25

need for autonomy
, 173–174

need for competence
, 174–175

need for relatedness
, 174

productivity
, 153

satisfaction
, 183

socialisation
, 154

turnover
, 149

WFH trainings
, 121

Employer as agent
, 195

Employment
, 205

practices
, 156

Engineers
, 185

Entrepreneur
, 217

Environmental Comfort model
, 135

Environmental psychology
, 135

Executive presidium
, 109–110

Experimentation
, 215

External stakeholders
, 103

Extroversion
, 134

Extroverts at work
, 135–136

Facebook
, 23

FaceTime
, 63

Feminism
, 156

Five-unit Likert scale
, 11

Formal interactions
, 214

Fragmentation paradigm
, 168

Freedom, United States and
, 69

Gender roles/norms
, 60

GetAbstract
, 132

Global COVID-19 pandemic
, 10

Global virtual workforce
, 4

Goal setting
, 61

Google
, 63

Grade point average (GPA)
, 138

Gradient organisationality
, 184, 185

Great Depression
, 4

Group internal systems
, 47

Hawthorne effects
, 8

Hierarchy
, 215

Hiring
, 214–215

Home-based work
, 23

Home–work conflict
, 78

Human beings
, 28

Human resource management (HRM)
, 171–173, 205

Human resources (HR)
, 5, 157, 166, 214

Human–technology interaction
, 43

Hybrid workspace
, 222–223

In-depth interviews
, 87

In-person collaborative interactions
, 17

In-person instruction
, 81

India

within case analysis
, 208–214

case selection and data collection
, 206–207

collaboration and coordination
, 216–217

conflicts and trust
, 216

convenience
, 215–216

COVID-19 pandemic
, 203

data analysis
, 207–208

employee and entrepreneur
, 217

formal and informal interactions
, 214

future research agenda
, 224

hierarchy and type of work
, 215

hiring and onboarding
, 214–215

hybrid workspace
, 222–223

innovation and experimentation
, 215

institutional logics
, 204–205, 217

managerial and policy implications
, 223

organisational culture
, 214

reporting and control
, 215

research methodology
, 206

theoretical framework and literature review
, 204

WFH literature
, 205–206

WFH space
, 221–222

WFO space
, 217–221

work from home in
, 204, 216

Individual innovation
, 66

Individualism
, 156

Industry norms
, 156

Influential organisational agents
, 185

Informal digital communication technologies
, 40–41

Informal interactions
, 152, 214

Information and communication technologies (ICTs)
, 76, 78, 205

Information quality
, 79, 85

influence on compatibility
, 88–89

Information systems
, 62

Information systems success model (ISSM)
, 78–79

Information technology (IT)
, 43, 150

Innovation
, 66–67, 215

Institutional entrepreneurship
, 204

Institutional logics
, 204–205, 217

Institutional Review Board (IRB)
, 12

Institutional theory
, 204

Institutional work
, 204

Institutionalized practices
, 99

Instructional technologies
, 78

Instructional technology system
, 79–80

Integration paradigm views culture
, 168

Internal organisational actors
, 177

Internal stakeholders
, 103

International Labour Organizations (ILO)
, 148, 203

International women leaders
, 63

Internet connection
, 16

Introversion
, 134

Introverts at work
, 135–136

Intuitive working relations
, 99

Job satisfaction
, 4, 7–8

Kenneth Burke’s dramatism approach
, 184

Knowledge sharing
, 152

Labour force
, 60

Leadership
, 98–99

Life course framework
, 61

Life integration framework
, 65, 67

being innovative
, 66–67

being real
, 67

being whole
, 65–66

literature review
, 59–64

methodology
, 64–65

Norway and equality
, 67–68

Sri Lanka and family first
, 68–69

United States and freedom
, 69

WFH
, 58

Life space
, 60

Likert scale
, 12, 83

Limited career advancement opportunities as barrier
, 118–120

Lockdown
, 101

Loneliness
, 21–22

Managerial perceptions of productivity
, 4

Mandatory social distancing
, 166

Masculinity contest culture (MCC), 22, 30 (see also Organisational culture)

at work
, 26–28

Mass virtual adoption

design
, 11

implications and contribution to knowledge
, 17–18

limitations
, 16–17

literature review
, 4–10

materials and procedure
, 11–12

method
, 10

participants
, 11

results
, 12–15

sustained virtual working effects on worker productivity during pandemic
, 4

virtual work 15–16

Meaningful identity
, 61

Mentoring relationships
, 122–123

Microsoft Teams
, 63

Missing spark in digital voice channels
, 49–53

Mixed-method approach
, 77, 83

Narrative ratios analysis
, 189, 192

commercialising agents, commercialised scenes
, 190

organising agents, organised scenes
, 190–191

producing agents, productive scenes
, 191

scene–agent ratio
, 191–192

NCR Corporation
, 159–160

New York City (NYC)
, 23

Nike
, 22, 27

Non-verbal communication
, 50

Norway and equality
, 67–68

Oil crisis (1970s)
, 5

Onboarding
, 214–215

Online education
, 81–82

Online teaching intention
, 83, 85

Online teaching satisfaction
, 83, 85

and compatibility
, 87–88

Open-ended questions
, 64, 87

Organisation culture theory
, 166

Organisational behaviour
, 134

Organisational culture
, 148–149, 167, 214

characteristics of remote work and implications for
, 149–150

conceptualisation of culture in WFH Space
, 168–169

culture conceptualisations
, 167–168

remote work outcomes with
, 150

stronger/weaker effect on organisational culture
, 153–157

triadic assessment of concerns and responses to external shocks
, 169

WFH implications and influences on
, 175–177

Organisational environment and COVID restrictions
, 46–47

Organisational identification
, 150–151

Organisational legitimacy
, 204

Organisational policies and practices to support effective WFH
, 120–123

Organisational space
, 185

Organisational support
, 160–161

Organised scenes
, 190–191

Organising agents
, 190–191

Orientation
, 160

Pentadic criticism methodology
, 186, 187

Perceived productivity
, 4, 12

Performance management system
, 120–121

Personality

characteristics
, 136

personality-work environment
, 139

traits
, 132, 139

type
, 140

Pinterest
, 190

and WFH pins and boards
, 187–188

Post-pandemic
, 159

Producing agents
, 191

Productive scenes
, 191

Productivity
, 5–7, 17, 183

Prohibitive EVB
, 41

Promotive EVB
, 41

Psychological availability
, 81–82, 85, 89

relationship among information, system, and service quality and
, 82––83

relationship among online teaching satisfaction, online teaching intention, compatibility, and
, 83

system quality influence on
, 89–90

Purpose
, 188–189

PwC
, 148

Qualitative approach
, 64

Qualitative research
, 105

design
, 43

Qualtrics
, 11

Rational tactics
, 194

Remote work
, 7, 40, 184

characteristics and implications for organisational culture
, 149–150

communicate remote work policy
, 160

country norms
, 156–157

employee productivity
, 153

employee socialisation
, 154

implications
, 157

industry norms
, 156

isolation
, 151

knowledge sharing
, 152

opportunities
, 62

organisational and supervisory support
, 160–161

organisational culture
, 148–149

organisational identification
, 150–151

outcomes with organisational culture as mediating mechanism
, 150

practical implications
, 159

programme type
, 153–154

remote workers vs. those in-office
, 158

research implications
, 158

robustness of electronic communication
, 155

stronger/weaker effect on organisational culture
, 153

supervisory support
, 154–155

training and orientation
, 160

turnover
, 152

work group/departmental differences
, 159

Remote workers vs. those in-office
, 158

Reporting and control
, 215

Resource-based approach of shared leadership
, 99

Results-only work environment (ROWE)
, 6

Robustness of electronic communication
, 155

Role modelling, opportunities for
, 122

Romanticisation of WFH
, 192–193

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)
, 85

Scene
, 188–189

scene–agent ratio
, 191–192

Scholastic aptitude test (SAT)
, 138

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (STEM fields)
, 114

Self-determination theory (SDT)
, 132, 134, 137

Semi-structured in-depth interviews
, 43

Sense of collaboration
, 4

Sense-making
, 98

Service quality
, 80, 85

influence on compatibility
, 88

Seven-dimensional ACHIEVE questionnaire
, 6

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
, 4

Sexual harassment
, 26–27

Shared leadership
, 16, 98–99

CEO’s shared leadership
, 109

during COVID-19 crisis
, 98

dynamic between CEO, team and membership
, 107–109

executive presidium
, 109–110

literature review
, 98–101

new role in enhanced advocacy
, 107

research setting and methodology
, 101–105

serving membership
, 105–106

She-cession
, 69

Simple post-crisis rebound recovery
, 97

Six-dimensional productivity
, 7–8

6-point Likert scale
, 84

Social distancing
, 21–22

Social exchange
, 24–25

Social isolation
, 16, 22

Social networking sites (SNS)
, 187–188

Social support
, 116

Socialisation
, 154

SocialPro
, 22

Socio-technical processes
, 42

Solidarity
, 25

Spillover theory
, 59

Spontaneous collaboration
, 99

Sri Lanka and family first
, 68–69

Stakeholder
, 109–110

Standardised root mean square residual (SRMR)
, 85

Statistical analysis
, 85

Stay-at-home orders
, 166

Strategic HR management
, 166

Stressor
, 134–135

Structural equation modelling (SEM)
, 85

Structural features
, 45

Structural solidity
, 99

Structuration theory
, 43

Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google)
, 23

Supervisor actions to facilitate effective WFH
, 123–124

Supervisory support
, 154–155, 160–161

Support services
, 80

Supportive leadership
, 123

Supportive workplaces
, 195

Sustained virtual working effects on worker productivity
, 4

System quality
, 79–80, 85

influence on psychological availability
, 89–90

Systems theory
, 61

Task-technology fit
, 78

Team-level satisfaction
, 99–100

TeamDigCom
, 46–47

Technology
, 62

adoption model
, 78

technology-assisted supplemental work
, 205

Technology, entertainment, design (TED)
, 133

Telecommuters
, 77

Telecommuting
, 5, 22, 76–78, 184

Telework
, 166

productivity
, 5–6

research
, 62

Top management team (TMT)
, 166, 169–171

Training
, 160

Trends
, 184

Triadic assessment of concerns and responses to external shocks
, 169

Trust
, 100

conflicts and
, 216

Turnover
, 152

Uber
, 22

Uncivil virtual WFH interactions, preventing
, 121–122

Unified theory of acceptance
, 78

United States and freedom
, 69

University faculty
, 76–77

US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
, 114

V return
, 97

Videoconferencing
, 87

Virtual commuting
, 184

Virtual migration
, 18

Virtual teams
, 16, 100

Virtual teamwork and collaboration
, 124

Virtual work
, 5

Virtual work-friendly organisational models
, 18

Virtual workers
, 7, 10

Virtual working
, 10

Virtual working environment (VWE)
, 4, 5

Voice channel
, 42

digitalisation of
, 47–48

Voluntary work
, 68

WhatsApp
, 215

Wholeness
, 65

Women
, 58

contributions
, 124

lack of inclusion as barrier
, 116–118

leaders
, 63

limited career advancement opportunities as barrier
, 118–120

in male-dominated fields
, 114

mitigate or exacerbate existing barriers for
, 125–126

and WFH implications
, 114

work–family conflict as barrier
, 114–116

Work

environment
, 133, 134–135

group/departmental differences
, 159

and home boundary
, 216

MCC at
, 26–28

scenes literature review
, 184–185

type
, 215

work/family border theory
, 60

Work engagement in diverse employees

acknowledge unexpected productivity and engagement trends during pandemic
, 141

applied examples of organisations now embracing diversity in work preferences
, 141–142

autonomous motivation
, 137–138

changing workplace with advancing technology
, 133–134

compensation considerations
, 140

global pandemic
, 131–132

implications for practice
, 140

introverts vs. extroverts at work
, 135–136

open conversations on workspace preferences
, 140

planning and providing possible technical support
, 141

productivity
, 133

SDT
, 137

supporting introverts and extroverts at work
, 136–137

theoretical implications and future research
, 139–140

work environment
, 134–135

Work from office (WFO)
, 133, 204–205

space
, 217–221

Work-extending technology (WET)
, 205

Work-Life Integration Project (WLIP)
, 59, 64–65

Work(ing) from home (WFH)
, 22–24, 58–59, 76, 99, 113, 133, 166, 183, 204

actionable strategies for garnering benefits and avoiding pitfalls of
, 120

barriers for women in male-dominated fields and WFH implications
, 114–120

compatibility
, 81

conceptualisation of culture in WFH Space
, 168–169

implications
, 90–91

implications and influences on organisational culture
, 175–177

implications of agent–scene ratio for
, 192

information quality
, 79

information quality influence on compatibility
, 88–89

ISSM
, 78–79

literature review
, 77–78

measures
, 84–85

methods
, 83

mitigate or exacerbate existing barriers for women in male-dominated occupations
, 125–126

online teaching satisfaction and compatibility
, 87–88

organisational policies and practices to support effective
, 120–123

psychological availability
, 81–82

psychological availability
, 89

relationship among information, system, and service quality and psychological availability
, 82–83

relationship among online teaching satisfaction, online teaching intention, compatibility, and psychological availability
, 83

relationship between information, system, and service quality and compatibility
, 82

results and analysis
, 85

results of SEM
, 86

romanticisation of
, 192–193

sample
, 83–84

service quality
, 80

service quality influence on compatibility
, 88

space
, 221–222

statistical analysis
, 85

supervisor actions to facilitate effective
, 123–124

system quality
, 79–80

system quality influence on psychological availability
, 89–90

theory and hypotheses
, 78

university faculty
, 76–77

Worker

stress
, 23

sustained virtual working effects on worker productivity
, 4

Work–family balance
, 59, 157

Work–family conflict
, 8, 23, 59

as barrier
, 114

WFH potential to exacerbate
, 115–116

WFH potential to mitigate
, 115

Work–life balance (WLB)
, 58–59, 64, 76, 101, 183, 205–206

literature
, 184

Work–life integration (WLI)
, 59, 64

Work–life interface
, 7–8, 59, 205–206

Workplace
, 99

changing with advancing technology
, 133–134

limitations and future research
, 33

loneliness
, 22, 25–26

managerial implications
, 31–33

support
, 195

theoretical implications
, 30–31

WFH effects on
, 22–24

Zoom
, 63, 90, 215

fatigue
, 81

Zuckerberg, Mark (CEO of Facebook)
, 23