WLP385 How Remote Work in Organisations Affects Performance

This episode is part of the All the World's a Workplace Expanded season.
Pilar looks at a recently published metastudy, looking at the recent evidence about how working remotely affects job performance in organisations, including: 

  • A new review of the research into remote work and performance, and why studies conducted before, during and after the pandemic may tell us very different things.

  • The importance of distinguishing remote work from working from home, the role coworking spaces can play (including the unpopular view that being away from colleagues is not always a bad thing!), and why being able to work away from the office doesn’t necessarily give someone control over their schedule.

  • How remote work may support concentration, autonomy and independent tasks while making coordination, knowledge-sharing and interdependent work more difficult. (We revisit self-determination theory.)

  • How teams can design their practices around the particular trade-offs that matter to them.

  • The role of leaders in maintaining relationships, psychological closeness, collaboration and structure when people work apart.

Plus, personal updates and a book recommendation: I am Not a Robot by Joanna Stern.

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Links to articles mentioned in the episode 

Toward a Better Understanding of Job Performance When Working Remotely: Evidence, Boundaries, and Trade-Offs
Tammy D. Allen1, Kristen M. Shockley2 and Ryan S. Grant3
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Vol. 14
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031325-094513

How Coworking Spaces Impact Employee Well-Being
Constance Noonan Hadley, et al.
Harvard Business Review February 9, 2023
https://hbr.org/2023/02/research-how-coworking-spaces-impact-employee-well-being

WLP239 Match Your Visible Teamwork to Your Team Task Workflow 18 June 2020
https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/task-interdependence-remote-teams

Applications of Visible Teamwork in Remote Teams 16 September 2020
https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/blog/applications-visible-teamwork

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