The potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on occupational status, work from home, and occupational mobility

By Amit Kramer, K. Kramer. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2020

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The economic and social shock presented by the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to reshape perceptions of individuals and organizations about work and occupations and result in both micro and macro shifts in the world of work. In this essay we focus on three occupationally-related domains that may be impacted by the pandemic. First, perceptions of the value and status of different occupations may change, resulting in both changes of occupational supply and demand (macro changes) and changes in the perceived calling and meaningfulness of different occupations (micro changes). Second, the great “work from home experiment” may change occupational perspectives on working from home. Organizations and researchers may be able to better understand which occupational and individual characteristics are associated with work-from-home effectiveness and better designate occupational groups and individuals to working (or not working) from home. Third, we discuss the increased segmentation of the labor market which allocate workers to “good jobs” and “bad jobs” and the contribution of occupational segmentation to inequality.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions

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Pandemics: Implications for research and practice in industrial and organizational psychology (2020, background): “Thus, understanding evidence-based best practices for telecommuting has never been more relevant as it is during this pandemic crisis (see also Cho, 2020; Kramer & Kramer, 2020).”