Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique transboundary crisis which has disrupted people's way of life more dramatically than any event in generations. Given the ambiguity surrounding the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and its enduring negative effects, it is important to understand how this has affected important future of work trends. The aim of the current paper is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commonly discussed future of work trends relevant to occupational safety and health priority areas. These topics include work arrangements, compensation and benefits, and the organization of work. For each topic, we assess trends leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, discuss the impact of the pandemic on these trends, and conclude with implications for research and practice. Overall, the pandemic appears to have both accelerated and disrupted various trends associated with future of work topic areas. These effects are discussed in terms of implications for both policymakers and organizations.

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Psychological Science

Publication Status

Open Access

Comments

National Institutes of Health, Grant T42OH008438

Keywords and Phrases

Compensation and bene-fits; COVID-19 pandemic; Future of work; Including substance use disorders; Occupational safety and health; Trends; Work arrangements; Work organization-related chronic health conditions; Work-family conflict; Worker well-being

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1660-4601; 1661-7827

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2024 The Authors, All rights reserved.

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Publication Date

01 Oct 2021

PubMed ID

34639499

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