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From Remote Work to Working From Anywhere: Tracing temporary work modifications resulting in permanent organizational changes.

The article examines the long-term socioeconomic and technological impacts of the increase in telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The history of working from home and virtual offices since the Industrial Revolution through the implementation of flextime and offshoring is described along with...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 20 - 23
Main Author: Sako, Mari
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Apr2021
Subjects:
Telecommuting
Virtual offices
Home offices
Remote computing
COVID-19 pandemic
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article examines the long-term socioeconomic and technological impacts of the increase in telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The history of working from home and virtual offices since the Industrial Revolution through the implementation of flextime and offshoring is described along with the importance of digital video communication technology, virtualization, and cloud computing services in modern remote work and the future of social norms around telecommuting.