One of the defining moments in the world of work is the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 global pandemic. A large number of employees were sent working from home very quickly and hastily to comply with public health directives. This timely and critical volume provides important guidance to both employees and employers navigating work-from-home as a new way of working. -- Eddy Ng, Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queens University, Canada With employees and organizations all struggling with questions regarding when and how to return to the workplace, this volume could not be more timely. The questions raised by working from home are multi-dimensional in nature, ranging from how WFH is likely to impact individual and team productivity, to what it means for information flow and diversity. This volume addresses them all, taking a badly needed, evidence-based, yet real-world approach. Simply put, this volume is a not-to-be-missed resource for managers and researchers wondering about the changes in the nature of work elicited by the COVID pandemic. -- Peter Bamberger, Head of the Organizational Behavior Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel & Vice President-Elect and Program Chair-Elect, Academy of Management With the Covid-19 health pandemic ravaging the global economy, the question of functioning and how to achieve this despite adversity could not be more topical. In this thorough compendium of contributions from various business fields, Kumar, Agrawal & Budhwar present a valuable research resource that demonstrates the importance of marrying technological innovation with a philosophy of adaptability to ensure productivity and obviate disruption in times of crisis. Such work is a worthwhile contribution to understanding the new normality and also shaping the inevitable task of building back that we are now faced with. -- Dr Dominic Thomas-James FRSA, Global Justice Fellow, Yale University; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; Visiting Lecturer, School of Management, BML Munjal University; and Barrister
