2162: New Forms of Work and Their Effects on Employee Experiences, Wellbeing and Performance (12193)

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Swissotel: Grindelwald

Session Number: 2162
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Theme,Research
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Organizer(s)

HD

Hoa Do

U. of Leicester, United Kingdom

Participant(s)

JL

Jiatong Liu

Xiamen U., China

Presenter(s)

SW

Stephen Wood

U. of Leicester
HS

Helen Shipton

Human Resource Management, United Kingdom
HD

Hoa Do

U. of Leicester, United Kingdom

Participant(s)

XL

Xiaoshuang Lin

U. of South Australia, Australia

Organizer(s)

HS

Helen Shipton

Human Resource Management, United Kingdom
XL

Xiaoshuang Lin

U. of South Australia, Australia

Session Chair(s)

MN

Margarita Nyfoudi

U. of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Discussant(s)

PB

Pawan S. Budhwar

Aston U., United Kingdom

Participant(s)

XX

Xiaomin Xu

The Chinese U. of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
MM

Mariella Miraglia

U. of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Presenter(s)

JC

Jin Cheng

Xiamen U., China

Participant(s)

RD

Rory Donnelly

U. of Liverpool, United Kingdom

New forms of work such as hybrid working, homeworking, alternative work arrangements have become a norm, and thus a strategic policy decision in organizations because of the advent of new technologies. The need for new forms of work has recently accelerated due to changes in societal attitudes, employee expectations, the need for flexibility and external factors such Covid-19. Despite their growing importance and research attention, research on new forms of work is still limited and imbalanced between these forms, i.e., more on homeworking but less on hybrid working. This lack of research and balance holds back understanding, meaning that scholarly insight as well as guidance to practitioners is limited. This symposium (consisting of 4 papers: two focused on hybrid working, one on alternative working arrangements, and another on homeworking) aims to address this important gap by shedding light on (1) the role of new forms of work and their effects on employee experiences of work, wellbeing and performance, (2) the variations of new forms of work from the perspective of different stakeholders, within different contexts and based on a range of methodologies, and (3) how the ‘rhetoric versus reality’ of new forms of work is challenged to understand their real effects. Collectively, the papers suggest that each form of work may have a differential effect on employee performance and wellbeing, depending on how and where it is implemented as well as how employees experience and perceive it. This symposium therefore has important implications for both academics and practitioners.