Future of Managing Work and Life in the Post-COVID-19 Era

This symposium aims to explore how to generatively and proactively respond and manage a pandemic or other uncontrollable and physically restricted circumstances especially in the emerging work contexts. The presenters will explore key phenomena that are relevant to enhancing such capability: a personal domain, mobile leisure behaviors, gig working, and organizations being enablers of life. Drawing on different theoretical lenses and empirical contexts, the presenters will examine the changed meanings and impacts of each phenomenon after the arrival of COVID-19. Managing Multiple Domains of Life with Limited Resources in The Midst of COVID-19 Presenter: Najung Kim; Kookmin U. Presenter: Yan Shen; U. of Victoria Managing Work Stressors During COVID-19: The Role of Mobile Leisure Behaviors Presenter: Boram Do; Yonsei U. Presenter: Taenyeon Kim; Yonsei U. Beyond The Dichotomy of Good and Bad Job: The Exchange of Meaning Between Offline and Online Work Presenter: Sungchul Noh; Saitama U. Presenter: Yeunmee Ryu; Seoul National U. Presenter: Dongil Jang; Carlson School of Management We Still Matter! The Continued Relevance of Pre-COVID Theories in a Post-COVID World Presenter: Matthew CB Lyle; U. of Colorado, Colorado Springs Presenter: Ashley Hockensmith; U. of Massachusetts, Amherst Presenter: Ovidiu Cocieru; U. of Massachusetts, Amherst