...Christiayu Natalia; Devanto Shasta Pratomo; Wildan Syafitri Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in Indonesia's labor market and had a disproportionately negative impact on blue-collar workers. This study aims to examine the employment transitions of former blue-collar...

...Giovanni Gallo; Silvia Granato; Michele Raitano Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic appears to have engendered heterogeneous effects on individuals’ labour market prospects. This paper focuses on two possible sources of a heterogeneous exposition to labour market risks associated with the pandemic...

... used working from home (WFH) to continue working without risking an increase in COVID-19 infections and allowing employed parents to care for children attending closed schools. Design/methodology/approach Using 21 waves of German high-frequency establishment panel data collected during the COVID-19...

...Vladimir Hlasny; Reham Rizk; Nada Rostom Purpose COVID-19 has had various effects on women’s labour supply worldwide. This study investigates how women’s labour market outcomes in the MENA region have been affected by the stringency of governments’ COVID-19 responses and school closures. We...

... questionnaires during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 420 samples were analysed by testing the mediation and moderation model. Findings The results showed a significant effect of POS on migrant workers' well-being in Taiwan through the mediating role of resilience. Moreover, ethical leadership moderated...

...Zhen Han; Yuheng Zhao; Mengjie Chen Purpose Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made telecommuting widely valued, but different individuals have different degrees of acceptance of telecommuting. This article aims to identify suitable individuals for telework and to clarify which types...

...Brian Cooper; Tracey Shea; Julie W. Cox; Naomi Stead; Jonathan Robberts Purpose This study aims to investigate which resources and sources of support are related to employee adaptability to work-related change during the COVID-19 pandemic, with implications for human resource management (HRM...

...Rezart Hoxhaj; Florian Miti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on participation and time allocated to work from home (WFH) by ethnic/racial group. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ USA time-use data [American Time Use...

...Shameem Shagirbasha; Juman Iqbal; Kumar Madhan; Swati Chaudhary; Rosy Dhall Purpose COVID-19 pandemic has overturned the work and family life challenging the world in unpredictable ways that were previously unimaginable. With universities shutting down and emergence of online classes...

... of the COVID-19 pandemic on the young worker and their response to uncertain labor market conditions. The second issue will explore the country-specific experiences around the globe in tackling the problem of a smooth STWT. The purpose of this introductory article is to elaborate on the transition of young...

... rights only Psychological contract Psychological contract fulfillment/breach Scale development Scale validation New normal Covid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic has emerged as the most challenging economic situation across the globe since the Second World War and tested employer–employee...

...Gang Li; Qiqi Zheng; Mengyao Xia Purpose Due to the fact that most employees have been forced to work remotely during the lockdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is great concern about how to alleviate increased stress among employees through human resource (HR) practices. Drawing...

...Michal Biron; Keren Turgeman-Lupo; Oz Levy Purpose Much of what we know about work from home (WFH) is based on data collected in routine times, where WFH is applied on a partial and voluntary basis. This study leverages the conditions of mandatory WFH imposed by COVID-19 lockdowns to shed new...

... in a pre- and post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak period and is further studied longitudinally after six months of continued mandatory telecommuting. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from information technology (IT) sector employees in three phases and model fitness...

...Ana Sofia Lopes; Pedro Carreira Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic caused job losses to rise dramatically. Herein, the purpose of the article is to identify which personal and job characteristics make individuals more vulnerable or more resilient to COVID-19 unemployment in Portugal and thus to help...

...Ronit Nadiv Purpose Why did some individuals have relatively little trouble balancing work and home demands during the COVID-19 lockdown, while others felt overwhelmed? Although ample studies have recently been generated regarding COVID-19 employment challenges, this question has not yet received...

...Dasa Farcnik; Polona Domadenik Muren; Valentina Franca Purpose The aim of the paper is to identify the causal effect of the COVID-19 induced crisis on students' decisions about their educational plans. The authors hypothesise that students adjusted their decisions by delaying graduation, dropping...

... the economic shock posed by COVID-19. It is also partly based on the characteristics of the pandemic. A number of countries in the sample were amongst the earliest in Europe to be hit by the pandemic and a several were harder hit in terms of both morbidity and mortality. Design/methodology/approach...

... should adopt new measures of workplace agility to survive interminable disruptions (e.g. the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic). Originality/value This is the first study of its kind to examine generational differences between Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z in valuing...