Distributed work study opportunity – focus on managers
A new study is being undertaken by researchers from Pennsylvania State University, New York University and the University of Illinois. They are looking for organizations to participate in the study which focuses on managers of distributed workers. I wrote to the chief researcher, Sumita Raghuram, to get more details. She wrote back with a description of the study and an invitation to participate. The proposed research will explore how managers' perception of the power implications of having subordinates telecommute influences their support for distributed work. The study, sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management, will be international in scope. Since supervisory norms differ by country-culture, data will be collected from several countries. There is no cost to participate and all participating organizations will receive a copy of the final report. To download the study proposal, see http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1537
Other stories in this edition:
- Hot off the press: NewWOW 2009 Global Benchmarking Study
- NewWOW welcomes Johnson Controls
- Group presentations from Symposium 8
- Gen Y workers provide a peek at the future of work
- Case study: Citi's AWS deployment
- Recommended viewing
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