Smart and Distance Working - Economicus

Submission deadline (full papers): 15 March 2022

This Issue invites empirical and conceptual papers that examine and theorize the phenomenon of smart and distant work from different perspectives. Following the Covid-19 pandemic and the abrupt switch towards working-from-home reality, professionals and office employees, in particular, have been faced with sudden challenges in their work, spanning from lack of technical equipment and skills, and adaptability with the new normal, along with health issues. Such reality revealed several jobs, professions, and operations to be easily formatted within it, as well as many tasks found to be only partially suitable or unable to be performed from home. Such global experience has been a key driver in research from academia and various organizations HR, etc. Studies and research on distant work are welcomed, as such reality is here to stay because Covid-19 has changed the working place forever. We do hope that new research and studies will explore and unfurl new issues and challenges, as well as produce innovative ideas and solutions for increasing the work productivity and ameliorating leadership challenges, the organization of work, and practices of HR management.

Contributions could focus on one or more of the following questions:

• New trends in the labor market after the pandemics,
• From remote work to smart work,
• Digital workplace and remote work challenges,
• Labor shortage and cost implications for business,
• Labor productivity and wage setting,
• New work models and social changes,
• Role of technology and technical skills,
• Interacting under forced digitalization,
• Leadership of virtual teams working from home and the coordination of work function,
• Assessing performance and employees’ career development,
• Consequences of remote work on the productivity of workers and teams,
• Risk management under new normal,
• Remote companies, and corporate and customer data,
• Performance evaluation and compensation and distance working,
• Communication Issues and Being Out of the Loop.

Submission: To be considered for publication in this Issue, full manuscripts (max. 10,000 words) must be submitted by 15 March 2022. The manuscripts should be written in English and submitted through https://uet.edu.al/economicus/submit-a-manuscript/, where you can find the submission guidelines and manuscript template.