Pandemics touch every aspect of society. This seminar addresses Workplace Inequality and Remote Work in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Workplace inequality is pervasive. For example, it is well established that women face greater barriers for career progression compared to men. In this seminar, Sarah Kaplan (U. of Toronto) discusses how the pandemic has differentially affected women’s vs. men’s career opportunities, as well as how it has adversely affected marginalized minority groups. How can scholars use the pandemic to better understand the drivers of workplace inequality? In our second topic, on Remote Work, Raj Choudhury (HBS) discusses how the pandemic has accelerated firms’ use of work-from-anywhere (WFA) policies. WFA allows employees to live in a location of their choice while remaining with the same employer. While there are benefits and risks to a WFA policy under stable conditions, what can we learn when this is implemented during pandemic? How might these changes affect the nature of future workplaces? Experts: Sarah Kaplan (University of Toronto) and Raj Choudhury (Harvard Business School) Moderators: John Mawdsley (HEC – Paris) and Samantha Conroy (Colorado State Univeristy) Organizers: Rhett Brymer (University of Cincinnati), Samantha Conroy (Colorado State University), and John Mawdsley (HEC – Paris) —- This session is presented by the Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. More information here.
