The UN Sustainable Development Goals, an increasing interest in Environmental, Social and Governance factors, and the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a massive change in how companies and employees view their relationship, the role and meaning of work, and how to adapt to new environments and ways of working. This book covers a key topic for companies and management practice that of how to create and foster a committed workforce in a post-pandemic era that has seen a radical change in working environments, approaches and employee understanding of her/his career and work-life balance.
In this book, leading researchers and practitioners in the field of CSR, management, leadership, and human resources from the schools and corporate partners of the Council on Business & Society provide the latest focuses on the workplace post-pandemic, effectively managing virtual teams, collective and responsible leadership, and insights into policies and processes enhancing employee commitment and performance. Each insight is accompanied by key takeaways, food for thought and further reading, and later followed by micro-case studies.
This accessible book will be a valuable resource for scholars, instructors and upper-level students across leadership and human resource management-related disciplines, enabling them to synthesise the knowledge presented for their own context (professional, academic, personal, wider society, and the planet).
This book covers a key topic for companies and management practice that of how to create and foster a committed workforce in a post-pandemic era that has seen a radical change in working environments, approaches and employee understanding of her/his career and work-life balance.
Foreword
Armand Bam and Adriįn Zicari
Part 1: The impact of the pandemic on employers and leaders
Millennials: Lessons from COVID-19 lockdown and the future of work, Christine
Zdelar and Michelle MacMahon
COVID-19 and the impact on women: An insight on academia in South Africa,
Armand Bam
There is no New Normal: Welcome to the new Schumpeterian world, Inigo
Echeveste and Adriįn Zicari
Why climate change can determine your future job and what to do about it,
Mette Grangaard Lund
Microcase
Part 2: Managing and adapting to remote and hybrid working
Out of sight, but not out of mind, Anca Metiu
Three out-of-this-world lessons for remote working: The NASA way, Tanusree
Jain and Louis Brennan
Task bubbles and boosting remote project team success, Anca Metiu
Microcase
Part 3: The influence of leadership, management, and organisational
structure
Committed companies: Do they create happier, higher-performing employees?
Joana S. P. Story and Filipa Castanheira,
Does workplace authenticity count in attracting new talent? Germand Glufke
Reis, Beatriz Maria Braga, and Jordi Trullen
Management control and stress: A double-edged sword, Veronica Casarin,
Bernard Leca, Stefan Linder, and Adriįn Zicari
Microcase
Part 4: Integrity as a driving notion for managers and employees
The managers dilemma: Performance and the choice between treating team
members equally or equitably, Na Fu
Leader integrity: How it influences the organisation and employee creativity,
He Peng
Navigating ethical challenges: The strategic role of the Chief Integrity
Officer, Daniel Malan
Long working hours and pressure from professional expectations: Is it time
to change the habit? Ioana Lupu, Mayra Ruiz-Castro, and Bernard Leca
Microcase
You, this book, and your knowledge
Adriįn Zicari is Co-Head of the Accounting and Management Control Department at ESSEC Business School, Director of the Management and Society track, and Academic Director of the Council on Business & Society. He is also the Honorary representative for Buenos Aires in Paris. He holds a PhD in Management Administration from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, an MBA (Universidad Adolfo Ibįńez), and a BSc in Accounting. Adrians career has spanned the corporate sector as Financial Manager and Controller and his academic research has been widely published in leading journals, among others, the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Social and Environmental Accountability Journal.
Tom Gamble is Executive Director of the Council on Business & Society, running the operations, communications, and publications branches of the alliance. He holds an MA in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Keele University as well as several coaching certifications. Toms career has spanned teaching, lecturing, thought leadership, consulting, and instructional design, working with over 100 companies and educational institutions worldwide. He is a published author of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
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