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Opportunities and Challenges of Remote Work

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    (Management Department, Management and Administration Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria)

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In a dynamic crisis situation such as the current one, the forecasts for the impact of COVID-19 on the world economy and the development of individual countries and cities are constantly changing. The impact of COVID-19 has turned many industries upside down in unexpected ways. More organizations switch to remote working environments for their employees due to the current world health crisis.The purpose of this article is to outline the opportunities and challeng-es facing Bulgarian employees working from home during the March-April 2020 state of emergency and beyond. We discuss the many ad-vantages and disadvantages of remote work from an individual point of view.

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  • Tatyana Kicheva, 2021. "Opportunities and Challenges of Remote Work," Business & Management Compass, University of Economics Varna, issue 2, pages 145-160.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrn:journl:y:2021:i:2:p:145-160
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    Keywords

    remote work; COVID-19; work from home; employ-ee attitudes; telework;
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    JEL classification:

    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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