From travel to virtual work: the transitional experiences of global workers during COVID-19

Stefan  Jooss; Kieran M.  Conroy; Anthony McDonnell

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102052

From travel to virtual work: the transitional experiences of global workers during COVID-19

Stefan Jooss, Kieran M. Conroy, Anthony McDonnell

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The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed how global work is conducted in multinational enterprises. There has been a rapid and forced shift from global mobility to global virtual work. Taking a transition perspective and drawing on event system theory, this paper examines the transitional working experiences of global workers amid a global health pandemic. Through 32 in-depth interviews (pre- and in-Covid-19), our findings reveal how this exogenous event has transformed previously unquestioned and enshrined global work routines. By unpacking the transition process, we find that global workers were challenged to reconfigure the structural and relational dimensions of their global work. We disentangle the strategic and sustainable lessons learnt on the future of global working for multinational enterprises.

Original language	English
Article number	102052
Journal	International Business Review
Volume	31
Issue number	6
Early online date	27 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102052
Publication status	Published - 01 Dec 2022

Keywords

Event system theory
Global mobility
Global work
Multinational enterprise
Transitions

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