Working from Home in Developing Countries

PurposeEven after COVID-19 pandemic, several organizations intend extending work-from-home (WFH), to the extent of making it permanent for many. However, WFH's impact on productivity remains uncertain. Therefore, this paper aims to study personal and job factors determining the likelihood of amount of work done at home being same/more vis-à-vis office.Design/methodology/approachEmployees' basic psychological needs and job crafting tendencies; job-related aspects of task independence, technology resources and supervisory support; and several demographic factors are examined as determinants. Firth logistic regression analysis of data from 301 Indian white-collar employees is performed.FindingsDemographically, longer exposure to WFH, greater work experience and being a support function worker increased the likelihood of same/greater amount of work done at home. Being a woman or married reduced the likelihood, while being a manufacturing/services worker was non-significant. Among psychological needs, greater needs for autonomy and relatedness decreased and increased the likelihood of same/greater amount of work done at home, respectively. Regarding personal and job resources, job crafting to increase structural job resources and supervisor support increased the likelihood of same/greater amount of work done at home versus office.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the limited India-centric literature on WFH; uniquely examining influences of individual personal attributes on amount of work done by combining job demands-resources (JD-R) model and basic psychological needs theory.

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“…Given WFH-feasibility of their occupations, white-collar employees of India (any industry or function) were targeted (Gottlieb et al. , 2020).…”

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“…Given WFH-feasibility of their occupations, white-collar employees of India (any industry or function) were targeted (Gottlieb et al, 2020). An online questionnaire was used to collect cross-sectional data (part of first author's doctoral dissertation) from late-January to late-March 2021.…”

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Personal attributes and job resources as determinants of amount of work done under work-from-home: empirical study of Indian white-collar employees

Kumar

Alok

Banerjee

2022

IJM

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“…Women in the United States were found to be concentrated in high physical proximity work, while men were more concentrated in low work-from-home jobs. Interestingly, women are often more likely to be able to work from home in the developing world (although the share of workers who can work from home is much smaller, in general) (Gottlieb et al 2021). Mongey et al (2021) also make a comparison to the GFC and similarly conclude that although many COVID-19-impacted workers are usually more economically vulnerable, the COVID-19 pandemic has produced a unique pattern of job loss.…”

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Physical proximity and occupational employment change by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mosomi¹,

Thornton²

2022

WIDER Working Paper

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“…As happened in the rest of the world (Gottlieb et al, 2020), the Italian companies also opted for smart working and other forms of flexible working arrangements in order to: a) avoid the suspension of company activities;…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility: the Covid-19 Test. The Response Through a Case Study Comparison in Italian Fashion Companies

Tafuro¹,

Dammacco²,

Costa³

2022

IBR

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This study analyzes how, during the Covid-19 pandemic, macro, meso and micro-level triggers have promoted the development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in companies throughout the world. We propose a theoretical framework to highlight how these triggers have influenced the institutionalization of CSR in companies, implementing actions to support the Italian healthcare system, ensure the health and the safety of the population, and mitigate any social and economic problems that could be generated by the pandemic. The fashion industry is among the economic sectors that have been particularly affected by the crisis and has suffered greatly from the effects of the decision made by the Government to limit the diffusion of the pandemic. A case study comparison in Italian fashion companies is proposed here to highlight how all of these CSR actions can be interpreted, considering a more general principle of CSR promoted by owners and managers who, voluntarily, have taken decisions for the benefit of the community and their employees. These actions have both theoretical - considering future research lines on CSR - and practical implications on how companies should consider their stakeholders, in particular, employees and society as a whole, going beyond the human resource strategies and the classic commitment through philanthropic activities.

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Working from Home in Developing Countries

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Personal attributes and job resources as determinants of amount of work done under work-from-home: empirical study of Indian white-collar employees

Personal attributes and job resources as determinants of amount of work done under work-from-home: empirical study of Indian white-collar employees

Physical proximity and occupational employment change by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic

Corporate Social Responsibility: the Covid-19 Test. The Response Through a Case Study Comparison in Italian Fashion Companies

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