The Rise of Remote Work: How Companies and Employees are Adapting to the New Normal

In this episode, we’re discussing the rise of remote work and how companies and employees are adapting to this new way of working. We'll examine current academic research to explore the benefits and challenges of remote work, and provide insights and tips for companies and individuals looking to make the most of this new era of work.

 

Some of the questions we’ll answer are:

• Does working from home increase job satisfaction and productivity?
• How is being on camera during online meetings affect employee burnout?
• Are women particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of WFH?
• How does having a remote workforce impact organizations’ ability to innovate?

 

Papers we discuss in this episode are:

Brucks, M. S., & Levav, J. (2022) Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation. Nature, 605(7908), 108–112.

Chatterjee, S., Chaudhuri, R., & Vrontis, D. (2022). Does remote work flexibility enhance organization performance? Moderating role of organization policy and top management support. Journal of Business Research, 139, 1501–1512.

Leroy, S., Schmidt, A. M., & Madjar, N. (2021). Working from home during COVID-19: A study of the interruption landscape. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1448–1465.

Shockley, K. M., Allen, T. D., Dodd, H., & Waiwood, A. M. (2021). Remote worker communication during COVID-19: The role of quantity, quality, and supervisor expectation-setting. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1466–1482.

Shockley, K. M., Gabriel, A. S., Robertson, D., Rosen, C. C., Chawla, N., Ganster, M. L., & Ezerins, M. E (2021). The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(8), 1137–1155.

Wu, Y., Antone, B., Srinivas, A., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N. (2021). Teamwork in the time of COVID-19: Creating, dissolving, and reactivating network ties in response to a crisis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1483–1492.