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Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know®
In Remote and Hybrid What Everyone Needs to Know ®, long-time remote work scholar and consultant Barbara Z. Larson provides an accessible and critical resource for understanding the remote and virtual workplace, and how to lead in this new work environment.
Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the twenty-first century workplace, and affect almost all of us, including those who work daily in the office. As many people discover the benefits and challenges of working from home, co-workers are contending with emptier offices and virtual teams, managers are learning how to lead from a distance, and businesses and governments are working through the policy implications of a new model of work.
In Remote and Hybrid What Everyone Needs to Know ®, Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a particular type of person who is better suited for remote work? What are the effects of using technology to monitor remote workers? What are the societal benefits and costs of remote work? What has happened to companies that have tried to go fully remote, with no offices at all?
Larson looks carefully into the challenges and opportunities that people and companies face today as work changes. Chapters address the issues that vital stakeholders experience in remote-work environments, including the remote worker, remote teams, managers of remote workers, and companies with remote workforces. Larson also incorporates real-world examples to illustrate key points and demonstrate best practices. Readers will learn from more than thirty years of extensive research by scholars in the areas of applied psychology, organizational behavior, computer-mediated communication, and organizational economics. Remote and Hybrid What Everyone Needs to Know ® is a critical resource for understanding this new model of work.
Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the twenty-first century workplace, and affect almost all of us, including those who work daily in the office. As many people discover the benefits and challenges of working from home, co-workers are contending with emptier offices and virtual teams, managers are learning how to lead from a distance, and businesses and governments are working through the policy implications of a new model of work.
In Remote and Hybrid What Everyone Needs to Know ®, Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a particular type of person who is better suited for remote work? What are the effects of using technology to monitor remote workers? What are the societal benefits and costs of remote work? What has happened to companies that have tried to go fully remote, with no offices at all?
Larson looks carefully into the challenges and opportunities that people and companies face today as work changes. Chapters address the issues that vital stakeholders experience in remote-work environments, including the remote worker, remote teams, managers of remote workers, and companies with remote workforces. Larson also incorporates real-world examples to illustrate key points and demonstrate best practices. Readers will learn from more than thirty years of extensive research by scholars in the areas of applied psychology, organizational behavior, computer-mediated communication, and organizational economics. Remote and Hybrid What Everyone Needs to Know ® is a critical resource for understanding this new model of work.
180 pages, Hardcover
Published December 1, 2023
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October 6, 2024
📕 Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)
This book provided great insight on Virtual work, that is essential even if you do not work remotely.
👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
Virtual work <> Remote work
• Technology that enables work
○ Mail
○ Chat
○ Video Conferencing
• Fundamental attribution error increases
○ Due to non rich communication
○ At work is a much richer communication
• Depends
○ Sensitivity - emotional, high volume & non recordable - video conferencing
○ Complexity - high volume - mail
○ Urgency - telephone
⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
Remote work
1. Work from home
2. Hybrid work
3. Work from anywhere
Hot desking VS Hotelling
• Hot desking: increases stress and reduces productivity
Hotelling (desk reservation): increase psychological safety
This book provided great insight on Virtual work, that is essential even if you do not work remotely.
👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
Virtual work <> Remote work
• Technology that enables work
○ Chat
○ Video Conferencing
• Fundamental attribution error increases
○ Due to non rich communication
○ At work is a much richer communication
• Depends
○ Sensitivity - emotional, high volume & non recordable - video conferencing
○ Complexity - high volume - mail
○ Urgency - telephone
⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
Remote work
1. Work from home
2. Hybrid work
3. Work from anywhere
Hot desking VS Hotelling
• Hot desking: increases stress and reduces productivity
Hotelling (desk reservation): increase psychological safety
Displaying 1 of 1 review