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Murphy, Kevin R. (2021) Life After COVID-19: What if We Never go Back to the Office? Irish Journal of Management, 40 (2): 2. pp. 78-85. ISSN 1649-248X
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial increase in the use of remote work for occupations where this modality is feasible. This paper speculates on the likely outcome of this unplanned experiment by asking what might happen if we never go back to the office. I predict that: (1) managers will find an adjustment to permanent remote work difficult, (2) some tasks will become increasingly difficult to perform, (3) female employees will suffer, (4) many employees will respond positively to doing away with the office, but this response will be far from universal, and (5) organizations will thrive, particularly organizations that are already rich and powerful.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | COVID; remote work; manager; leadership; gender; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: | 20482 |
| Identification Number: | 10.2478/ijm-2021-0007 |
| Depositing User: | IAM School of Business |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2025 14:40 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Journal of Management |
| Publisher: | Irish Academy of Management |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20482 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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