Abstract
Symposium Authors: Afshan Iqbal, Ravi Shanker Gajendran, Matthew Christopher Davis, Mark Robinson, Ajay Rama Ponnapalli, Amanuel G. Tekleab, Joseph Yestrepsky, Amadeja Lamovšek, Simona Šarotar Žižek, Matej Cerne, Laura Trinchera, Ales Popovic, Dejan Uršic, Katarina Katja Mihelic, Ajda Merkuz, Bettina Kubicek and Gislene Feiten Haubrich
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, the demands for greater workplace flexibility have increased, with the rise of remote and hybrid work arrangements. Research has found that work arrangements such as remote work have been seen to improve employee well-being, productivity, and job satisfaction, with reports of a reduction in burnout. People can now work from anywhere, at any time, spanning spatial and temporal boundaries. However, this can lead to working longer hours, experiencing challenges in demarcating healthy boundaries, due to the spillover of work into non-work domains. This symposium presents five studies exploring the changing nature of work and the challenges and the ways in which these experiences may be improved. Each study focuses on remote and hybrid work arrangements and consider the following: 1) the influence of virtual meetings on technostress and work-family conflict, 2) whether changing work modalities influence the psychological contracts of employees, 3) enriched work design, spirit and work, meaningfulness and satisfaction with life, 4) the psychological detachment, thriving, work-nonwork balance between couples working in a hybrid setting and, 5) A thought- piece on participatory democracy in organizing, to make hybrid work arrangements work. Our esteemed discussant will then lead a general discussion, reflecting upon theoretical and practical implications and highlight future directions for research in this field.
How can hybrid working work? Thoughts on participatory democracy in organizing.
Author: Gislene Feiten Haubrich; Stockholm School of Economics