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On Viruses And Humans: Psychological And Cultural Challenges To Human Resources Management In Remote Working Conditions

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  • Marin Paunov

    (University of National and World Economy – Sofia)

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The current Covid-19 pandemic provoked alternative work arrangements and a large proportion of employees started to work from home. Despite the initial technological euphoria, this change started showing not only positive, but serious negative phenomena in terms not only of organization and daily practices, but also of psychological and managerial nature. It brought a lot of new questions and problems concerning all soft management elements especially in the domains of corporate cultures, work motivation and individual psychological responses. This article provides an overview of some major issues of this type and offers ways of tackling them. The new normal is not exactly normal and the old one already seems irrevocably lived-through. While there is no doubt that the future will offer a lot more flexibility and various options for combined distant and office work arrangements, this article explains why the current extent of working from home should rather remain as a transitory element responding to the exceptional circumstances.

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  • Marin Paunov, 2021. "On Viruses And Humans: Psychological And Cultural Challenges To Human Resources Management In Remote Working Conditions," INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT", University of Economics - Varna, issue 1, pages 105-116.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrn:hrmsnr:y:2021:i:1:p:105-116
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    Keywords

    Covid-19; Soft Management; Work Arrangements; Work From Home;
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    JEL classification:

    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior

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