Perception and Preference for Home-Based Telework in the COVID-19 Era: A Gender-Based Analysis in Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyen, Minh Hieu; Armoogum, Jimmy

doi:10.3390/su13063179

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“…This often leads to hypervisibility that can lead to conflict between motherhood and career expectations. Also, the study by Nguyen and Armoogum [9] is one of the first studies that provide a gender-based understanding of factors affecting the perception and the preference for WFH during the era of COVID-19 in a developing country (i.e., Vietnam). More women than men (56% versus 45%) reported having a positive perception of WFH when social distancing was enforced because of the pandemic.…”

Section: Sdg 5: Gender Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has led to improvements in sustainability outcomes, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions [3], and improved air quality [4,5]. Also, telework (or working from home) has made an important transition during the COVID-19 pandemic from being spearheaded by a small number of early adopters to now seeing widespread and mainstream adoption among workers [6][7][8][9][10], with many, such as the OECD, arguing that telework and hybrid work practices need to be more widely integrated into the business process and government planning [11]. This creates opportunities for helping to achieve sustainable development goals [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This creates opportunities for helping to achieve sustainable development goals [12]. [6][7][8][9][10], with hybrid work arrangements, which combine the benefits of both telework and office work, now widely expected to be the dominant model for the future of work [13]. The question is whether telework and hybrid work practices can provide a positive tipping point towards a more sustainable future [12,14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

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Bardoel²

2021

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With increased participation in telework expected to continue, to support emerging hybrid work models in the aftermath of the Covid-19, it is important to consider the long-term impact this practice could have on sustainability outcomes. This paper describes a systematic review of 113 academic journal articles and identifies associations between telework and sustainability, explored by previous researchers. Those associations were categorized and discussed, based on their contributions to different United Nations Social Development Goals. Most of research was found to focus on countries classified as having a very high human development index status, and regions with a low, medium or high human development index, largely ignored. The SWOT matrix technique was used to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses identified in the current literature as well as threats and opportunities for future work. This can help to ensure policy coherence and that strategies to promote one outcome, such as economic productivity improvements, does not undermine another, such as improved health. Practical implications and potential research opportunities were identified across a range of SDG impact areas, including good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequality, climate mitigation, sustainable cities and resilient communities. On the whole, our impression is that increased rates of telework present an important opportunity to improve sustainability outcomes, however, it will be important that integrated and holistic policy is developed that mitigates key risks.

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Section: Sdg 5: Gender Equalitymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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2021

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“…Thus, among the studies conducted from a gender perspective in different areas of the globe, González et al [50] focused their attention on the challenges and strategies of post-COVID-19 in sustainable mobility. Another study on perception and preference for home-based telework in the COVID-19 period from a gender-based analysis in Hanoi (Vietnam) was developed by Nguyen and Armoogum [51] and shows that women have more preference for teleworking then men. In addition, work-related factors are associated with the male perception, while family-related factors influenced the female perception.…”

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Exploring Returnee Migrant Women, COVID-19 and Sustainability in Spain

Martino

2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has signified an historical change in human mobility. By transforming the patterns of people on the move, it has highlighted gender-based inequalities and women’s vulnerabilities. The link between COVID-19 and return migration shapes returnees’ readaptation process in their home countries, as returnees are embedded in a limbo between the pandemic’s pressure on the policy and socio-economic setting, on one hand, and their efforts for reintegration, on the other. Due to the pandemic, the gender-based imbalance has increased existing gender gaps both in migration and return, exacerbating women’s vulnerability. Thus, personal aspirations and professional expectations of highly educated women are caught in a system of socio-economic and geographical (im)mobility, which represents the principal outcome in their relocation and readaptation process. Based on a qualitative methodology through the analysis of ten life histories of highly educated returnee migrant women, this paper sheds light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their migratory trajectories, providing a typology of them. Findings stress the necessity for more sustainable measures and resources for life–work balance and gender-sensitive policies, to promote a better integration process into the local labour market; to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on returnee women, and to prevent the proliferation of mental health problems among returnee women.

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“…Given mobility restrictions, cancellations of major public events, and mass adoption of telecommuting, travel demand has decreased dramatically ( Nguyen, 2021 ; Nguyen and Armoogum, 2021a ). But different modes have been impacted differently.…”

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The impact of Covid-19 on children's active travel to school in Vietnam

Nguyen

Pojani

Nguyen

et al. 2021

Journal of Transport Geography

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This is among the first studies to provide empirical evidence on active school travel rates and determinants before and after the first Covid-19 lockdown in spring 2020. We have collected and analyzed primary survey data on the school travel patterns of 472 school-age children in Hanoi, Vietnam. The findings show that the Covid-19 pandemic has been quite detrimental: once schools reopened, the prevalence of active school travel decreased from 53% to less than 31%. Where parents, especially mothers, did not face barriers to motorized travel, they assumed the role of chauffeur. Parents who were more concerned about community infections were more motivated to shift children to motorized modes. Walking was more affected than cycling because it was seen as more likely to lead to physical contact and virus transmission. Active school travel dropped more steeply in urban districts (as opposed to poorer, non-urban districts) and in those areas where home-school distances were the largest. It appears that the most common perceptions around barriers to active school travel have been exacerbated during the pandemic as parents and children adapt to “the new normal”.

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Perception and Preference for Home-Based Telework in the COVID-19 Era: A Gender-Based Analysis in Hanoi, Vietnam

Cited by 67 publications

References 66 publications

Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

Exploring Returnee Migrant Women, COVID-19 and Sustainability in Spain

The impact of Covid-19 on children's active travel to school in Vietnam

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