As we are preparing this scheduled issue of Human Resource Development International (HRDI) in the Spring 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, we feel that it is our responsibility to start a dialogu...
#1Jessica Li(UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)H-Index: 23
#2Sarah M. Zehr(UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)H-Index: 2
If the U.S. 2016 Presidential election gave us any indication of the many challenges facing the 21st century, one is the deepening economic divide among the communities. The U.S. Bureau of Economic...
Resilience is one of the positive emotions that will enhance employees’ ability to cope in adverse conditions, such as work intensification, organisational change, and work stress. Despite growing research interest in the employee resilience area, there is limited knowledge of the process through which critical social support at workplaces, such as supportive leadership and co‐worker support, affects employees’ ability to cope in challenging situations. This study, underpinned by the theory of c...
Purpose Given the prevalence of work interrupted by home-related matters, this paper aims to increase knowledge of the antecedents of work boundary permeability by investigating both individual and situational factors; and to better understand the consequences of work boundary permeability by examining both negative and positive effects using a finer-grained measure. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained using two surveys from 308 full-time employees from an information technology firm ...
#1Emily Heaphy(URI: University of Rhode Island)H-Index: 16
While organizations and researchers have traditionally conceptualized customers as consumers of their services and products, there is a growing recognition that organizations need to develop more collaborative relationships with clients. In this research, I explore one implication of this shift—how employees respond to client conflicts. In a multi-method qualitative study, I studied patient advocates, hospital employees who mediate conflicts between patients, families, and staff. I develop a pro...
AbstractResilience, the ability to adapt to adversity and endure job demands, is growing in prominence in the management literature with limited regard to occupational influences. Often examined at the individual level with fragmented conceptualizations, it can be a trait, capacity, or a process. We conduct a review of (1) management studies and (2) content from O*NET for 11 occupations and disciplinary studies taking a grounded approach to synthesize themes to develop an integrated occupational...
Although online courseware often includes multimedia materials, exactly how different video lecture types impact student performance has seldom been studied. Therefore, this study explores how three commonly used video lectures styles affect the sustained attention, emotion, cognitive load, and learning performance of verbalizers and visualizers in an autonomous online learning scenario by using a two-factor experimental design, brainwave detection, emotion-sensing equipment, cognitive load scal...
Using a mixed-methods approach, we develop the concept of perceived proximity, which is created through communication, shared identity, and the symbolic aspects thereof. Building on previous theoretical work, we create and validate measures of perceived proximity. Then, we compare how perceived proximity and objective distance relate to relationship quality for collocated and geographically dispersed work colleagues. Our results show that perceived proximity (i.e., a cognitive and affective sens...
Previous research describes significant benefits from coworker familiarity but has largely assumed proximity and that familiarity accrues simply with the passage of time. Based on a qualitative study of 164 workers on globally distributed teams, we propose that relationships transform as a result of situated coworker familiarity established when people are collocated in a shared space for an extended period of time. Site visits play a pivotal role in enabling coworkers to become more familiar wi...
This study aims to explore how satisfaction – from employees’ view – using e-learning technology influences organisational learning effectiveness. To this aim, the level of satisfaction using an e-learning platform as a complementary instrument of training and education is measured in a multinational company operating in the energy sector. Our case study focuses on two purely on-line courses involving 5395 employees, who responded to a questionnaire at the end of their learning activities on the...
Last. Jane E. Dutton(UM: University of Michigan)H-Index: 70
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Virtuousness in organizations involves individuals and teams being resilient, or bouncing back from setbacks in ways that allow them to adapt and grow. In two studies, we focus on emotional carrying capacity (ECC), wherein relationship partners express more of their emotions, express both positive and negative emotions, and do so constructively, as a source of resilience in individuals and in teams. Study 1’s findings indicate that ECC is positively related to individual resilience and that ECC ...
#2Charlie C. Chen(ASU: Appalachian State University)H-Index: 25
Last. Peter Ractham(Thammasat University)H-Index: 11
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An increasing number of higher education institutions have embraced Cloud Computing Services (CCS) to better respond to the issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cloud computing has helped to ...
#2Jan Olav Christensen(STAMI: National Institute of Occupational Health)H-Index: 9
Last. Stein Knardahl(STAMI: National Institute of Occupational Health)H-Index: 31
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Abstract null null Working at home has become a frequent work arrangement following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about how working at home influence alcohol use among employees. This study examines associations between working at home at least 15 h per week and alcohol consumption using data from a pre-COVID-19 sample. Self-reported questionnaire data on working at home and alcohol use from a large cross-sectional sample of Norwegian employees (N = 14,728). Data were collected...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extensive impact on the global higher education sector. In a written survey, staff and students at the Lucerne School of Social Work reported how they had coped with the challenges to their teaching respective learning situation. The initial survey was conducted during the lockdown in spring 2020, and the follow-up survey was performed in the period of relaxed sanitary measures in summer 2020. During the first wave of the survey, 51 employees and 225 students par...
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted significant changes in the way we think about our work and career to the extent that it can be classified as a career shock (Akkermans, Richardson, and Kraimer fo...
Who could have imagined that the COVID-19 crisis would affect the whole world? This means that all aspects of society, in general, have felt the consequences of the measures imposed to reduce contagion. Firms, businesses, and their management had to be and must continue to be resilient, and entrepreneurs creative to overcome the present and future impacts of the pandemic, which will be long-lasting. This study aims to map the existing literature on the topic and identify emerging ones. To provid...
Abstract Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is an increasingly utilized modality for nursing simulation. In addition to its role as a simulation setting, IVR has utility as a virtual meeting space in which simulation design teams can collaborate in real time, all while interacting within the simulation environment itself. This article describes how an international simulation design team utilized IVR to develop, implement, and iterate a simulation scenario created for prelicensure nursing students....
The increase of telework during the pandemic is predicted to impact working life, not only in terms of a larger number of employees working from home, but more importantly, it may transform the way we conceptualise work. This will in turn impact systems for and participation in lifelong learning. There is a risk for increased social inequalities, as neither telework nor lifelong learning is evenly distributed among workers. Statistics on telework in the EU show that there are differences between...
COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all the economies and brought in an unprecedented change across sectors, especially the academic sector. Adapting to the new normal seems to be the only way forward f...
Digital transformation has become an increasingly hot topic and has posed questions around the role of Human Resource Development (HRD) moving forward. Since March 2020, the Covid-19 virus, nationa...
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