Remote working and its facilitative nuances: visualizing the intellectual structure and setting future research agenda

Shanu Jain, Sarita Devi and Vibhash Kumar

Management Research Review, 2023, vol. 47, issue 5, 689-707

Abstract: Purpose - In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working (RW) has emerged as a viable alternative to working employees in general and knowledge workers in particular. However, previous researchers have worked on the concept, development and facilitation of RW since the 1970s. Therefore, this study aims to review the existing literature on RW to ascertain the evolution of the concept in the business and management domain and provide for requisite arguments to extend the settings for future research agendas. Design/methodology/approach - The authors based this study on a bibliometric analysis of articles (n= 349) retrieved from the Web of Science database published between January 1990 and October 2021. The authors have used a bibliometric toolbox comprising performance analysis, science mapping and network analysis in various software namely, VOSviewer, Gephi and Biblioshiny package in R. Findings - The study’s results accentuated important themes like work–life balance, strengthening digital infrastructure, performance and productivity, hybrid work models and well-being and clustered them under four heads with proposed future research questions. Research limitations/implications - The study is based on a single database; the authors have used an extensive but not exhaustive list of keywords to retrieve the articles. The analysis employs certain threshold limits while using the science mapping technique. Practical implications - This study would enable managers and academics to comprehensively understand remote work and offer logical implications to appreciate its nuances. Originality/value - This study is unique as it recognizes the intellectual structure in the existing literature on RW and traces the advancements and exponential growth post-COVID-19. The authors recapitulated the literature as network analysis of the RW facilitation model comprising the antecedents, outcomes, mediators and moderators.

Keywords: Remote working; Teleworking; Telecommuting; Work from home; Bibliometric analysis; Intellectual structure; Review; Future research; Emerging trends; Pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/MRR-01-2022-0057

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