COVID-19 crisis triggers teleworking: A global cure or a short-term solution?

COVID-19 crisis triggers teleworking: A global cure or a short-term solution?

Telework Project

Centre for Workforce Futures invitation to participate in an International Research Project

We are currently experiencing an exceptional health and economic crisis. To limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many of us have had to work from home to continue our occupational and professional activities. Understanding the impact of teleworking on our lives is crucial. So, too, is learning the right lessons for the future once the crisis is over.

We invite you to assist our international comparative teleworking study aiming to analyse the way people are adapting to new ways of working and to using digital tools while working from home during the COVID pandemic.

Link to survey

Link to the Survey: https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/telcov_aust

About the survey

The study is being co-ordinated by Professor Tania Saba (Université de Montréal, Quebec) with co-operation from the Université Laval (Québec), Toulouse Business School (France), Brunel Business School (UK), Bucknell University, USA and Macquarie University (Australia).

In Australia, this research is being led by Professor Lucy Taksa and a team from the Centre for Workforce Futures in the Macquarie University Business School, including Associate Professors Yvette Blount and Nikki Balnave, and Dr Nour Dados.

This questionnaire will take about 10 minutes of your time.

A summary of the research results will be available on the researchers’ respective websites and disseminated through social media and publications, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and the Centre for Workforce Futures website.

Your participation in this survey is entirely voluntary and anonymous. Participants cannot be identified. All information collected will remain strictly confidential and will only be used for the purpose of advancing knowledge.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this important project.

For further information on the project, please email Professor Lucy Taksa at the Centre for Workforce Futures at mqbs-cwf@mq.edu.au.

Ethics approval

This project has been approved by Macquarie University’s Human Research Ethics Committee in line with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (Reference No: 52020662115708 Project ID: 6621). If you have any concerns or complaints about the conduct of the project, you can contact:

  • The Director, Research Ethics & Integrity. Telephone +61-2-9850-7854 (or email ethics@mq.edu.au)

Any complaint you make will be treated in confidence and investigated, and you will be informed of the outcome.

The research ethics committee of the Université de Montréal (cerses@umontreal.ca) judged that this study meets the prescribed standards by awarding it the CERSES-20-049-D certificate.

If you would like more information on the content of the questionnaire, please contact Professor Tania Saba at tania.saba@umontreal.ca.

If you have any concerns about your rights or the responsibilities of researchers regarding your participation in this project, you can contact the Ethics Committee for Research in Science and Health, by email at cerses@umontreal.ca, or by phone at +1-514-343-6111 #2604.

Any complaint regarding your participation in this research may be addressed to the ombudsperson of the Université de Montréal by calling the telephone number +1-514-343-2100 (accepts collect calls) or by sending an e-mail to ombudsman@umontreal.ca.

The Australian Research Team

  • Professor Lucy Taksa (Chief Investigator) (lucy.taksa@mq.edu.au), Director, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University Business School.
  • Associate Professor Yvette Blount, Department of Accounting & Corporate Governance and Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University Business School.
  • Associate Professor Nikki Balnave, Department of Management and Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University Business School.
  • Dr Nour Dados, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University Business.

The International Team

  • Professor Tania Saba (Chief Investigator), BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance, School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montreal, Quebec
  • Dr Gaëlle Cachat-Rosset, Postdoctoral Fellow with the BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance, School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montreal, Quebec
  • Professor Josianne Marsan, Director of the Research Centre for Information Technology and Business, Department of Organizational Information Systems, Université de Laval, Quebec
  • Professor Alain Klarsfeld, Department of Business Law and Human Resources Management, Toulouse Business School, France
  • Associate Professor Kevin Carillo, Department of Information Management, Toulouse Business School, France
  • Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel Business School, United Kingdom
  • Professor Eddy Ng, Bucknell University, United States of America
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