Impact of Work from Home During the Pandemic in Saudi Arabia

The unprecedented health situation in the year 2020 and to some extent 2021 has forced most businesses to operate online with people working from home (WFH). Like almost all countries in the world, Saudi Arabia has suffered from the shocking unstable health situation facing the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigates different WFH impressions and behaviors that Saudi employees have built during the pandemic and how that has changed over time. We have conducted surveys in two different phases among Saudi employees that have come from varied personal and job-related demographics, including different gender, marital status, cities, managerial roles, job sectors and company sizes. Our data provides a good comprehensive coverage along different demographics. Key findings includes that for 75% of the people it was a brand new experience especially for big companies employees, people's performance and satisfaction depended on the sector that they work for and their marital status, while life work split was the top challenge and flexibility was the top advantage. © 2022 IEEE.

Determining factors of the business growth in MSMEs affected by COVID-19

The health crisis caused the SARS-CoV-2 and his disease the COVID-19 has significantly affected companies both nationally and internationally, triggering a series of negative consequences on critical success factors such as sales and hire. The purpose of this research was to analyze the incidence of variables such as the employer gender, age and size of the company, and the support of suppliers in the economic activity of Costa Rican MSMEs in the context of the health and economic crisis. To prepare this study, a database collected by the Ministry of the Economics of Industry and Commerce (MEIC) was used, corresponding to a sample of 2718 MSMEs from the business park. A Logistic Regression Model was used for data analysis, which allowed us to examine the significant statistical relationships of the variables studied. The results support a significant relationship between the company's size concerning the level of sales and the hiring of personnel. On the other hand, they point out that there is no significant relationship between the gender of the owners or administrators and the age of the MSMEs to the two dependent variables.

COVID-19 vaccination coverage by company size and the effects of workplace vaccination program in Japan: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Vaccination is considered the most effective control measure against COVID-19. Vaccine hesitancy and equitable vaccine allocation are important challenges to disseminating developed vaccines. To promote COVID-19 vaccination coverage, the government of Japan established the workplace vaccination program. However, while it appears that the program was effective in overcoming vaccine hesitancy, the program may have hindered the equitable allocation of vaccines because it mainly focused on employees of large companies. We investigated the relationship between company size and COVID-19 vaccination completion status of employees and the impact of the workplace vaccination program on this relationship. METHODS: We conducted an internet-based prospective cohort study from December 2020 (baseline) to December 2021. The data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire survey. Briefly, 27,036 workers completed the questionnaire at baseline and 18,560 at follow-up. After excluding ineligible respondents, we finally analyzed the data from 15,829 participants. At baseline, the participants were asked about the size of the company they worked for, and at follow-up they were asked about the month in which they received their second COVID-19 vaccine dose and the availability of a company-arranged vaccination opportunity. RESULTS: In each month throughout the observation period, the odds of having received a second COVID-19 vaccine dose were significantly lower for small-company employees than for large-company employees in the sex- and age-adjusted model. This difference decreased after adjusting for socioeconomic factors, and there was no significant difference after adjusting for the availability of a company-arranged vaccination opportunity. CONCLUSIONS: The workplace vaccination program implemented in Japan to control the COVID-19 pandemic may have been effective in overcoming vaccine hesitancy in workers; however, it may have caused an inequitable allocation of vaccines between companies of different sizes. Because people who worked for small companies were less likely to be vaccinated, it will be necessary to enhance support of vaccination for this population in the event of future infectious disease outbreaks. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not applicable.

Does Size Matter for Enhancing Company Resilience and Performance of Indonesian Trucking Company during COVID-19 Pandemic?

It is not clear whether or not the size of a company affects its survival during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research will address the issue of size and its contribution to company resilience and performance by looking at factors affecting resilience such as financial resources management, innovation and digitalisation technology, resilient leadership, risk and business continuity management. We focus specifically on the trucking sector. Both factors and its indicator were determined through an in-depth literature review and then transformed into questionnaires, distributed to Indonesian trucking companies and then validated through statistical analysis using PLS-SEM. This study found that different resilience factors significantly contributed to company resilience, and the size does matter in terms of achieving resilience in facing COVID-19 disruption. © 2022 ACM.