The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the vast opportunities of working and learning digitally. In these exceptional times, where a large part of the workforce has been obliged to work remotely due to home confinement and social distancing measures, gig or crowd-workers have enjoyed a kind of 'home field' advantage: working and…

The rising number of forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) and the growing duration of displacement have made building economic resilience a priority, particularly for young people. By 2019, the global population of FDPs had doubled to 80 million. The majority of FDPs (86 per cent) live in low- or middle-income countries where host communities are…

The article aimed to make a critical investigation and analysis on working from home vs learning from home during the COVID-19. Small-scale research was conducted only targeting parents (having at least one school going child) to capture the view of how they deem the concept of working from home vs learning from home and whether there are any…

The COVID-19 pandemic, a non-economic event, has accelerated trends already emerging throughout the workplace, specifically remote work, technological job displacement, and growing disparity between those with a college degree (post-K12) and those without. In planning for this year's Recruiting Trends project, it was decided to keep the survey…

The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study was to assess whether there were any significant differences in job satisfaction and turnover intentions of non-academic staff members, whose work location is either telecommute, or on campus at a non-profit institution of higher education located in the eastern region of the United…

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has increased anxiety and stress among teacher education managers and has given rise to the question of whether they have the competencies to execute their operational responsibilities productively. The theories of resilience and transformational leadership underpin this study in which teacher education…

The introduction of the virtual work environment has resulted in the creation of a new work structure where interaction between employees and leaders occurs through technological innovations such as teleconferencing, emails, and text messages. The absence of physical workspace has also created a diverse work environment with people from various…

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in harsh effects across European economies, and uncertainty persists even as vaccination campaigns have picked up speed. EU governments' prompt investments in historically large job retention measures have temporarily cushioned the pandemic's blow to labor markets, but this also means that the full impact is yet…

This study explores the effect of school reopenings during the COVID-19 pandemic on married women's labor supply. We proxy for in-person attendance at US K-12 schools using smartphone data from Safegraph and measure female employment, hours, and remote work using the Current Population Survey. Difference-in-differences estimates show that K-12…

This mixed methods study at Delaware Technical Community College documented a turbulent time in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Student pass rates in the spring 2019 and spring 2020 semesters were analyzed using a paired t-test. The null hypothesis, P1 = P2, was rejected, at [alpha] = 0.05 level of significance. Pass rates were…

This qualitative case study was designed to explore how student services leaders adapted their leadership behaviors and practices in response to moving to the virtual working environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case study site was a midsized university in southwestern Ontario. The data collected for the study came from three sources:…

Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior, this research investigates factors determining managers' intention to innovate contextualized within the situation of a new management practice implementation: telework. Managers' attitude toward telework, their attitude toward ideation and their perception of organizational support for creativity were…

Telecommuting is currently used in many industries and is celebrated for fostering job satisfaction and increased productivity. However, telecommuting is not widely practiced in K-12 environments. Two departments in AISD implemented pilot telecommuting programs. This report presents survey results from these pilot implementation models and…

This executive summary of "Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies to Support "Learning to Earning" for Displaced Youth" provides key insights and a roadmap for action from the full report, which itself provides an overview of how digital technologies are being used to support youth's transition from school to work,…

The compendium of solutions is a supporting document to the report "Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies to Support 'Learning to Earning' for Displaced Youth." The compendium supplements the lessons learned and recommendations outlined in the main report by providing a deeper dive into the context, design, and implementation…