COVID-19 and performance: beyond a social construction
Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change
ISSN: 1832-5912
Article publication date: 5 December 2020
Issue publication date: 15 December 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this essay is to reflect on my personal experience on my teaching performance during the COVID-19 pandemic and to share my investigation into the nature of performance phenomenon.
Design/methodology/approach
I reflected on my personal experience and thoughts about the phenomenon of performance.
Findings
My reflection points to an understanding that performance is a social-natural phenomenon, which can only be enabled and directed but cannot be controlled.
Originality/value
I shared some implications for understanding the nature of performance and performance management from an integrated worldview of physics, biology, psychology and neuroscience.
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Citation
Mai, K.T. (2020), "COVID-19 and performance: beyond a social construction", Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 663-668. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-08-2020-0118
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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