Contents: Introduction: Telework in the 21st century - an evolutionary perspective / Jon C. Messenger -- Part I: Advanced economies -- 1: Telework and its effects in Europe / Lutz Gschwind and Oscar Vargas -- 2: Telework and its effects in Japan / Akio Sato -- 3: Telework and its effects in the...

Part I Who are the virtual wokers? -- Positioning virtual workers within space, time, and social dynamics -- Part II Virtual occupations, work processes and preparation for the virtual labour market -- Engineering lifestyles: Career choices in late modernity -- Young entrepreneurs and creative...

This study exploits fine-grained survey data to elicit firms' long-term expectations about the use of working from home (WFH) arrangements after the COVID-19 pandemic. From December 2021 until January 2022, the representative survey was conducted among more than 1,000 managers from the...

Most workers were favorably surprised by their productivity in work from home (WFH) mode during the pandemic. Employer plans for WFH levels after the pandemic rise strongly with these individual-level productivity surprises. Planned WFH levels also rise with the cumulative stringency of...

How prevalent is remote work on a global scale? What are the prevailing modes of working arrangements at present? What are the foremost advantages of working from home and on employer's business premises? Is there a need for policy intervention? Our new Global Survey of Working Arrangements...