Business Insider: Resentment is mounting as some employees are forced back to the office and some are allowed to work from home
Thomas Roulet, Associate Professor of Organisational Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, speaks about return-to-office and fairness in the workplace. "If you're offering two different types of employees different access to work, you potentially create an issue of equity," Thomas…
Yahoo Finance: Apple employees claim they’re doing ‘exceptional work’ remotely as Tim Cook orders them back. They’re probably wrong
A study co-authored by Thomas Roulet, Associate Professor in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, is mentioned in this article about Apple wanting its employees back in the office. The study found that remote work is leading to a…
Reuters: The communication compliance consequences of hybrid working
Stacey English, Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, co-authored this article about the communication compliance consequences of hybrid working. While government regulators may be geographically neutral, all compliance and security controls must…
Forbes: Did remote working result in falling productivity during Covid?
How people should work after COVID-19 has been the subject of often heated debate between those who support remote working and those who want a return to the office, says this article mentioning a new study on remote working and…
Executive Courses: Executive education helps leaders navigate the virtual world of work
As the pandemic continues to evolve, the fate of the workplace remains uncertain. There are strong arguments on both sides in favour of remote and office-based models; many organisations appear to be planning for hybrid working. “Traditionally, some managers frowned…
Phys: Remote working is ‘mixed bag’ for employee wellbeing and productivity, study finds
Adapting remote and hybrid work policies to employees’ specific work-life situations can result in increased well-being and productivity, but many employees are stuck in an increasing number of low-quality meetings when working remotely, says new study co-authored by Thomas Roulet,…
Why does remote working lead to unproductive meetings?
Remote working has resulted in more meetings of lower quality, harming productivity, says study by Cambridge Judge Business School and the Vitality Research Institute published in MIT Sloan Management Review. We've all known the feeling since lockdowns began in 2020:…
MIT Sloan Review: How shifts in remote behaviour affect employee wellbeing
Thomas Roulet, Associate Professor in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, has co-authored an article on how shifts in remote behaviour affect employee well-being. Working from home made many people feel more productive. There is, however, a cost to…
The future of work: has the hybrid work revolution thwarted progress towards gender parity in business?
For years, flexible working had been hailed as a potential solution to closing the gender gap, providing women with more opportunities to stay in work and progress their careers while still managing a family. Roll on to 2022, and flexible…
Taming the ‘green-eyed monster’ at work
Should I stay or should I go? Envious employees who strive for co-operation are more likely to be absent and quit than those who seek to excel at work, finds a new study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges of Cambridge…
