Emerging Business Trends and Management Practices : Lessons From the Pandemic

This book explores the dramatic changes that have occurred in the business environment due in part to the phenomenal impact on societies and economies around the globe that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents emerging trends, strategies, management practices, opportunities, and challenges faced by business leaders, managers, and administrators. The volume touches on myriad issues, including the effects of lockdowns and restrictions, psychosocial effects of COVID-19 in the workplace, maintaining work-life balance, entrepreneurship during the pandemic, supply chain management, new communication and management strategies, consumer behavior, Zoom fatigue, changes in the health insurance industry, and more. The topics and concepts addressed in on the impact of pandemic will provide insight for academicians, entrepreneurs, and those in business, marketing, and psychology. Explores the dramatic changes in the business environment from the phenomenal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the nuances of business growth and sustainability and different management functions where change results in new management trends and business models followed by innovative ways for competition. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 About the Editors 6 Table of Contents 10 Contributors 12 Abbreviations 16 Preface 20 Introduction 26 1. Research in Zimbabwe During COVID-19 Lockdowns and Restrictions: Experiences, Challenges, and Mitigating Strategies 28 2. Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs Pre- and During COVID-19: Recommendations for the New Normal Using DEMATEL Approach 48 3. Evaluating Consumer Behavior for Wine During the Pandemic and Its Implications for Marketers 74 4. Diagnosing the Psychosocial Effects of COVID-19 Among the Working Population 98 5. Psychosocial Effects on Employees and Managers During the Pandemic Crisis: A Global Insight on Building a Sustainable Emotional Culture 120 6. Understanding the Role of Remote Work Arrangements on Employees’ Knowledge-Hiding Behavior 148 7. Pandemic Problems: COVID-19 and Firm Performance in India 170 8. Trends in Consumer Behavior Induced by COVID-19: Insights from India 188 9. The Phenomena of Liquor Sales During the COVID Pandemic in India 222 10. Management of Psychosocial Risks at Workplaces Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic 242 11. Influencer Marketing During COVID-19: A Narrative Review 260 12. Study on the Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress: Sense of Coherence as a Mediator 278 13. ISM Modeling of the Factors Impacting Growth of Women Entrepreneurship During COVID-19 298 14. A Paradigm Shift in the Indian Health Insurance Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic 326 15. Ensuring Undisrupted Supply Chain Management in the Pandemic Through Collaborative Partnership 350 16. The Shadow of “Zoom Fatigue” in Academia During the COVID-19 Pandemic 376 17. Work–Life Balance of Academicians During the Pandemic 390 18. Communication and Management Strategies During the COVID Crisis: An Indian Perspective 410 19. Challenges and Strategies in Managing Employees’ Work–Life Balance During COVID-19 424 20. Revamping Economic Priorities During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Perspective on Food and Employment 438 Index 462 Leadership,-,Strategy;,Business,Management Leadership - Strategy,Business Management This book explores the dramatic changes that have occurred in the business environment due in part from the phenomenal impact on societies and economies around the globe from the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents emerging trends, strategies, management practices, opportunities, and challenges faced by business leaders, managers, and administrators. The volume highlights the different nuances of business growth and sustainability through the lens of different management functions where change is continuously occurring due to the emergence of new management trends and business models followed by innovative ways for competition. It encapsulates a variety of perspectives, practical experiences, knowledge, and insights from diverse authors that can help leaders and managers in understanding the emerging trends, in formulating and implementing strategies, and in building successful business models for greater flexibility and sustainability. The volume discusses myriad issues including the effects of lockdowns and restrictions, psychosocial effects of and risks from COVID-19 among employees and managers, maintaining work-life balance, challenges of women entrepreneurs during the pandemic, supply chain management, new communication and management strategies during COVID, consumer behavior of wine and liquor sales during the pandemic, Zoom fatigue, changes in the health insurance industry, and more. The topics and concepts addressed in on the impact of pandemic will provide insight for academicians, entrepreneurs, and those in business, marketing, and psychology.