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COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted the global market and workplace landscape. As a response, hybrid work situations have become popular in the software business sector. This way of working has an impact on software companies. This study…

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In the opening months of 2020, COVID-19 changed the way for which people work, forcing more people to work from home. This research investigates the impact of COVID-19 on five researchers' work and private roles, happiness, and mobile and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-07-27 Sam Nolan , Shakila Khan Rumi , Christoph Anderson , Klaus David , Flora D. Salim

The number of companies opting for remote working has been increasing over the years, and Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, were adapted to mitigate the challenges caused by the distributed teams. However, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Adrian-Alexandru Cucolas , Daniel Russo

The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently altered workplace structures, making remote work a widespread practice. While many employees advocate for flexibility, many employers reconsider their attitude toward remote work and opt for structured…

In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced employees in tech companies worldwide to abruptly transition from working in offices to working from their homes. During two years of predominantly working from home, employees and managers alike…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Darja Smite , Nils Brede Moe , Jarle Hildrum , Javier Gonzalez Huerta , Daniel Mendez

Context: Agile software development (ASD) sets social aspects like communication and collaboration in focus. Thus, one may assume that the specific work organization of companies impacts the work of ASD teams. A major change in work…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Julia Topp , Jan Hendrik Hille , Michael Neumann , David Mötefindt

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformations across industries, but also introduced new challenges into workplaces, including the difficulties of effectively socializing with colleagues when working remotely. This challenge…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-10 Yulin Yu , Longqi Yang , Siân Lindley , Mengting Wan

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core and has provoked an overnight exodus of developers that normally worked in an office setting to working from home. The magnitude of this shift and the factors that have accompanied this…

Along with the increasing popularity of agile software development, software work has become much more social than ever. Contemporary software teams rely on a variety of collaborative practices, such as pair programming, the topic of our…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-13 Darja Smite , Marius Mikalsen , Nils B. Moe , Viktoria Stray , Eriks Klotins

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide-ranging impact on information workers such as higher stress levels, increased workloads, new workstreams, and more caregiving responsibilities during lockdown. COVID-19 also caused the overwhelming…

Hybrid work policy, especially return-to-office requirements, remains a globally salient topic as workers, companies, and governments continue to debate and disagree. Despite extensive discussions on the benefits and drawbacks of remote and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Xuan Lu , Yulin Yu

The rapid move to remote work due to COVID-19 social distancing policies has slowed or stopped most in-person qualitative user research activities. The limitation on in-person activities has pushed many user researchers to consider how they…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Nikolas Martelaro

Although the public health emergency related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has officially ended, many software developers still work partly from home. Agile teams that coordinate their office time foster a sense of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Nils Brede Moe , Simen Ulsaker , Darja Smite , Jarle Moss Hildrum , Fehime Ceren Ay

Background. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a widespread transition to hybrid work models (combinations of co-located and remote work) as software professionals' demanded more flexibility and improved work-life balance. However, hybrid work…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Ronnie de Souza Santos , Gianisa Adisaputri , Paul Ralph

COVID-19 has radically changed society as we know it. To reduce the spread of the virus, millions across the globe have been forced to work remotely, often in make-shift home offices, and using a plethora of new, unfamiliar digital…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Jason R. C. Nurse , Nikki Williams , Emily Collins , Niki Panteli , John Blythe , Ben Koppelman

Context. Software professionals learned from their experience during the pandemic that most of their work can be done remotely, and now software companies are expected to adopt hybrid work models to avoid the resignation of talented…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Ronnie de Souza Santos , Willian Grillo , Djafran Cabral , Catarina de Castro , Nicole Albuquerque , Cesar França

Similar to the rest of the world, the recent pandemic situation has forced the IT professionals of Bangladesh to adopt remote work. The aim of this study is to find out whether remote work can be continued even after the lockdown is lifted.…

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way that software development teams onboard new hires. Previously, most software developers worked in physical offices and new hires onboarded to their teams in the physical office, following a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Paige Rodeghero , Thomas Zimmermann , Brian Houck , Denae Ford

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant and enduring shifts in various aspects of life, including increased flexibility in work arrangements. In a longitudinal study, spanning 24 months with six measurement points from April 2020 to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Daniel Russo , Paul H. P. Hanel , Niels van Berkel

Due to the increasing nature of flexible work and the recent requirements from COVID-19 restrictions, workplaces are becoming more hybrid (i.e. allowing workers to work between traditional office spaces and elsewhere including from home).…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-03 Mohammad Saiedur Rahaman , Shaw Kudo , Tim Rawling , Yongli Ren , Flora D. Salim