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Work from Home (WFH), COVID-19, and Its Impact on Women

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Work from Home (WFH), COVID-19, and Its Impact on Women

Debarun Chakraborty1,  Shrirang Altekar2

1 Deputy Director & Associate Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Nagpur (Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune), Nagpur - 440 008, Maharashtra

2 Director & Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Nagpur (Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune), Nagpur - 440 008, Maharashtra

Volume 14
Issue 9
Pages 22–29
Year 2021
Received: June 10, 2021 Accepted: July 25, 2021 Published: Sept. 27, 2021
Abstract

COVID-19 may have forever transformed the way we work by changing views toward working from home (WFH). Half of the individuals who were employed before the pandemic are now working remotely. A rising number of organizations, including Facebook and Twitter, announced that they would allow people to work remotely permanently as they see for themselves that quality work can be done remotely. Productivity can be increased even in occupations that no one dreamed could be done online. Under these circumstances, women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Women’s domestic experiences, health, job, and financial well-being have all been badly impacted. The pandemic has not only hampered women in the present, but it has also harmed their prospects. This commentary discussed the increased implications of work from home connected with COVID-19, and that the impacts on women need to be understood urgently.

Keywords COVID-19 Women WFH Pandemic
How to Cite

Debarun Chakraborty, Shrirang Altekar (2021). Work from Home (WFH), COVID-19, and Its Impact on Women. Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 14(9), 22–29. https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom/2021/v14i9/166294

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