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ลฝikica Miloลกeviฤ‡ โ€“ Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradoviฤ‡a 6, Novi Sad, Serbia

Andrea Ivaniลกeviฤ‡ โ€“ Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradoviฤ‡a 6, Novi Sad, Serbia

Alpar Loลกonc โ€“ Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradoviฤ‡a 6, Novi Sad, Serbia

Minja Bolesnikov โ€“ Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradoviฤ‡a 6, Novi Sad, Serbia

Aleksandra Pavloviฤ‡ โ€“ The Academy of Applied Technical Studies in Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords:
Digital nomadism;
Remote work;
Nomads;
Digitisation;
Pandemic;
COVID-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.S.P.2024.171

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was essential to ensure the enviยญronment and the techniques for remote work, which was strongly advised for health reasons. After the pandemic was officially over, the companies underยญstood that many workers were better off in that working mode, while some of them enjoyed coming back to the offices โ€“ it was connected to many personยญal factors, among which motivation was one of the crucial ones for employยญees, and the trust and control was crucial for employers. Some employees felt cut off from the corporate culture, thus feeling like โ€œgig-workersโ€ and craved to come back to their offices, while some of them felt uncomfortable coming back from the serenity of their homes and โ€œdigital nomadismโ€. In fact, digitisaยญtion of the world hand in hand with globalisation has led to new opportuniยญties in reshaping the workplaces, such as remote work and so-called digital noยญmadism. Digital nomadism refers to the work practices far from the office, usuยญally from another town, country or continent, and it has brought many benยญefits like increased productivity and cash influx in less developed areas of the world, together with a sense of freedom, but they have also brought the sense of loneliness, uncertainty, financial difficulties, increased risk, and transnationยญal gentrification. Many countries around the world, especially during and afยญter the COVID-19 pandemic, stepped out with measures aimed at enabling the digital nomads with adequate visas. Serbia is one of the countries with a high influx of digital nomads, that have changed its economy and culture.

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8th International Scientific Conference โ€“ EMAN 2024 โ€“ Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times, Rome, Italy, March 21, 2024, SELECTED PAPERS, published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN 978-86-80194-84-4, ISSN 2683-4510, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.S.P.2024

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Miloลกeviฤ‡, ลฝ., Ivaniลกeviฤ‡, A., Loลกonc, A., Bolesnikov, M., & Pavloviฤ‡, A. (2024). Digital Nomadism in a Contemporary Business Environment. In C. A. Nastase, A. Monda, & R. Dias (Eds.), International Scientific Conference โ€“ EMAN 2024: Vol 8. Selected Papers (pp. 171-178). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.S.P.2024.171

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