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The Impact of ICTs and Homebased Workspaces on Employee Well-Being During COVID-19 in South Africa

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Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST 2022)

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The COVID-19 pandemic placed the world under lockdown and forced most people to begin working from home in March 2020. This situation has both positive and negative consequences. This paper reports on research done to identify the minimum computing requirements for employees to experience a productive working day while working from home as well as exploring the impact that homebased workspaces have on social connections, stress management, and personal well-being during COVID-19. The research focused on South Africa and is based on 19 semi-structured interviews to explore and understand the differences in workers’ experiences and perceptions. Thematic analysis was used to identify common themes. The key findings of this research revealed what a basic homebased work environment set up looks like in South Africa. These findings also revealed how homebased workspaces have a greater negative impact on South African women working from home.

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  1. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Rifqah Francis, Pitso Tsibolane & Jean-Paul Van Belle

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  1. ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Alvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Gintautas Dzemyda

  4. DCT, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

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Francis, R., Tsibolane, P., Van Belle, JP. (2022). The Impact of ICTs and Homebased Workspaces on Employee Well-Being During COVID-19 in South Africa. In: Rocha, A., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F. (eds) Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 470. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_3

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