The Intention of Employee’s Relocation from Urban to Rural Area in China: The Practices of Telework within Metaverse Implementation

Abstract

The surge in telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic is a recent and noteworthy development that could potentially influence patterns of population mobility. In order to limit the transmission of Covid-19, the movement restriction was implemented in the whole world. It involves the shutdown of all government and private sectors, save for those that offer essential services. Concurrently, governmental implementation of social distancing measures has led to the increased utilisation of information and communication technology (ICT) for remote cooperation in professional settings. Consequently, a large portion of Chinese were required to work remotely from their homes during this crisis in order to ensure the safety of employees and sustain economic activity. This has led to a significant rise in telework throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. The primary objective of this research paper is to discuss the existing knowledge on telework practices and the emerging trend of metaverse in the application of human resource policies in private sectors in China. The study aims to examine the influence of metaverse telework and non-metaverse telework on an employee's inclination to move from an urban to a rural location. This study has been established the conceptual framework which constructed three variable which are Employee’s Intention for Relocate of Residency as endogenous variable, while metaverse telework and non-metaverse telework as exogenous variable. This produced conceptual framework backed by the theory of reason action (TRA) and expected to gather the data via questionnaire from the employees in private sectors in China.