From “Social Distancing” to “Care in Connecting”: An Emerging Organizational Research Agenda for Turbulent Times

As an antidote to the prejudice, isolation, and hopelessness that may be associated with social distancing during the pandemic, organizations large and small have been implementing practices that instead demonstrate Care in Connecting while working online. These practices cluster around three principles—inclusion, copresence, and vitality—which are associated with prior organizational scholarship. But the ingenuity with which they are being pursued online in organizations represents areas ripe for future research.