COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan
The purpose of this study is to find empirical evidence on whether work from home or residential emissions reduces office emissions. Based on existing research the study supports that there are short-term effects on office emissions, i.e., carbon emissions do not outshine the long-term effects. The...
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| description | The purpose of this study is to find empirical evidence on whether work from home or residential emissions reduces office emissions. Based on existing research the study supports that there are short-term effects on office emissions, i.e., carbon emissions do not outshine the long-term effects. The shift from offices to working from home due to COVID-19 regulations meant more people operating from home as maintaining their position in the market was crucial. The potential research area is to understand how this would affect energy usage and carbon emissions. This study has used a before and after mixed approach to collect data from 301 working-from-home employees and 348 top managers who are responsible for monitoring the employees in a work from home setting. Convenience sampling helped collect responses in a timely manner as offices were not allowing visitors and collecting data in person was difficult, so online surveys were conducted. Work from home reduced usage of office equipment, transportation, pollution, etc. The air quality improved considerably but our findings show that the low emissions were only short-lived. This was not a long-term scenario as organizations kept practicing their operations even at home and the emissions stayed in the environment. Future suggestions and implications are also provided. The results give new insights to researchers in the field of sustainability and the environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d6cc972559646a78cd42ca722cbea8a2022-12-21T23:44:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-02-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.762746762746COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in PakistanMahmood Rehmani0Madiha Arshad1Munnawar Naz Khokhar2Naveed Anwer3Mohammad Adnan4Rana Tahir Naveed5Huda Irshad6Department of Business Administration, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, PakistanDepartment of Business Administration, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, PakistanDepartment of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, PakistanDepartment of Management Sciences, SZABIST, Larkana, PakistanSBS Swiss Business School, Business and Management Department, Kloten, SwitzerlandDepartment of Economics and Business Administration, University of Education, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Business Administration, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, PakistanThe purpose of this study is to find empirical evidence on whether work from home or residential emissions reduces office emissions. Based on existing research the study supports that there are short-term effects on office emissions, i.e., carbon emissions do not outshine the long-term effects. The shift from offices to working from home due to COVID-19 regulations meant more people operating from home as maintaining their position in the market was crucial. The potential research area is to understand how this would affect energy usage and carbon emissions. This study has used a before and after mixed approach to collect data from 301 working-from-home employees and 348 top managers who are responsible for monitoring the employees in a work from home setting. Convenience sampling helped collect responses in a timely manner as offices were not allowing visitors and collecting data in person was difficult, so online surveys were conducted. Work from home reduced usage of office equipment, transportation, pollution, etc. The air quality improved considerably but our findings show that the low emissions were only short-lived. This was not a long-term scenario as organizations kept practicing their operations even at home and the emissions stayed in the environment. Future suggestions and implications are also provided. The results give new insights to researchers in the field of sustainability and the environment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.762746/fullenvironmental challengesenergy managementoffice emissionswork from homeCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Mahmood Rehmani Madiha Arshad Munnawar Naz Khokhar Naveed Anwer Mohammad Adnan Rana Tahir Naveed Huda Irshad COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan Frontiers in Psychology environmental challenges energy management office emissions work from home COVID-19 |
| title | COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan |
| title_full | COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan |
| title_short | COVID-19 Repercussions: Office and Residential Emissions in Pakistan |
| title_sort | covid 19 repercussions office and residential emissions in pakistan |
| topic | environmental challenges energy management office emissions work from home COVID-19 |
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