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Eworklife: developing effective strategies for remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rudnicka, A; Newbold, JW; Cook, D; Cecchinato, ME; Gould, S; Cox, AL; (2020) Eworklife: developing effective strategies for remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Eworklife: developing effective strategies for remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Future of Work Online Symposium: Online. Green open access

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic means governments have advised citizens to engage in “social distancing” measures, which include working from home. Many people have had to learn how to work from home and develop effective strategies in a very short period. This especially rapid move to remote working is unprecedented, so we do not know how this shift is affecting people’s working lives. We developed a mixed-methods survey and a series of in-depth interviews, through which we investigated the new challenges for people in managing digital self-control, maintaining productivity and work-life balance that have surfaced during the COVID-19 crisis. We also catalogued the strategies participants adopted through the first stages of lockdown in response to these challenges. From this, we draw research and policy implications for supporting neophyte remote workers when managing digital selfcontrol, productivity, and work-life balance during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Eworklife: developing effective strategies for remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic
Event: The New Future of Work Symposium
Location: Virtual
Dates: 03 August 2020 - 05 August 2020
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publicati...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Working from home; work life balance; COVID-19
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > UCL Interaction Centre
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106475
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