Transition to remote work: peculiarities of social networks use

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic created conditions for a change of work style when a transition from stationary to remote work became necessary. This change affected a lot of different professions and social groups. However, the pandemic will come to an end, so not all of them stay in telework mode. It is essential to notice that these two years of remote work experience led to knowing the other side of work organizing specifics and opened new horizons for virtual teams or organizations by finding additional tools in such work management. The purpose of this article is to present the results of research carried out in Lithuania concerning the working environment and social media tools for better communication and remote work management. This aspect was chosen because social media is becoming more popular and engaged in business organizations for external communication and internal environment creation to create a positive atmosphere within the organization. The combined research results indicate that employees felt more stressed in transition to remote work process and that some quite simple solutions could help manage the uncertainties and stress employees think.