Purpose

Teleworking, working from home and flexible work have gained popularity over the last few years. A shift in policies and practices in the workplace is required owing to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating current trends in work-from-everywhere (WFE) research. This article presents a systematic literature review of WFE research from 1990 to early 2023 to understand the transformation of the field.

Design/methodology/approach

The Web of Science database was used to conduct this review based on rigorous bibliometric and network analysis techniques. The prominence of the research studied using SPAR-4-SLR and a collection of bibliometric techniques on selected journal articles, reviews and early access articles. Performance and keyword co-occurrence analysis form the premise of cluster analysis. The content analysis of recently published papers revealed the driving and restraining forces that help define and operationalize the concept of WFE.

Findings

The major findings indicate that the five established and accelerated trends from cluster analysis are COVID-19 and the pandemic, telework(ing), remote working, work from home and well-being and productivity. Driving and restraining forces identified through content analysis include technological breakthroughs, work–life integration challenges, inequality in the distribution of jobs, gender, shifts in industry and sector preferences, upskilling and reskilling and many more have been published post-COVID in the restraining forces category of WFE.

Practical implications

A key contribution of this pioneering study of “work from everywhere” is the linking of the bibliometric trends of the past three decades to the influencing and restraining factors during the pandemic. This study illustrates how WFE could be perceived differently post-COVID, which is of great concern to practitioners and future researchers.

Originality/value

A wide range of publications on WFE and multiple synonyms can create confusion if a systematic and effective system does not classify and associate them. This study uses both bibliometric and scientometric analyses in the context of WFE using systematic literature review (SLR) methods.

中文翻译：

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无处不在的工作未来：系统回顾

目的

远程办公、在家工作和灵活工作在过去几年中越来越受欢迎。由于 COVID-19 大流行加速了当前无处不在工作 (WFE) 研究的趋势，因此需要改变工作场所的政策和做法。本文对 1990 年至 2023 年初 WFE 研究进行了系统的文献回顾，以了解该领域的转变。

设计/方法论/途径

Web of Science 数据库用于基于严格的文献计量和网络分析技术进行本次审查。该研究的突出之处是使用 SPAR-4-SLR 和一系列文献计量技术对选定的期刊文章、评论和早期访问文章进行研究。表现和关键词共现分析构成了聚类分析的前提。对最近发表的论文的内容分析揭示了有助于定义和实施 WFE 概念的驱动力和约束力。

发现

主要发现表明，聚类分析的五个既定且加速的趋势是 COVID-19 和大流行、远程办公、远程工作、在家工作以及福祉和生产力。通过内容分析确定的驱动力和约束力包括技术突破、工作与生活融合的挑战、工作分配的不平等、性别、行业和部门偏好的转变、技能提升和再培训以及新冠疫情后已在约束力中发布的更多内容WFE 的类别。

实际影响

这项关于“无处不在的工作”的开创性研究的一个关键贡献是将过去三十年的文献计量趋势与大流行期间的影响和限制因素联系起来。这项研究说明了新冠疫情后人们对 WFE 的看法有何不同，这是从业者和未来研究人员非常关心的问题。

原创性/价值

如果系统有效的系统不对 WFE 进行分类和关联，那么关于 WFE 的大量出版物和多个同义词可能会造成混乱。本研究采用系统文献综述（SLR）方法，在 WFE 背景下使用文献计量学和科学计量学分析。