The Office Versus Home Debate is Missing the Point, Say Researchers
A new study argues that where you work matters far less than how much freedom you feel you have while doing it The debate over hybrid working has dominated business pages for years. How many days should employees spend in the office? What is the right balance between collaboration and autonomy? Is remote work killing company culture? A new piece of research suggests much of this debate has been looking in the wrong direction. A study published this month in the Global Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences finds that the single most powerful driver of job satisfaction among hybrid workers is not the number of days they work from home, nor the sophistication of their employer's agility strategy. It is something more immediate, more personal, and more within the control of managers at every level: whether employees feel their organisation is genuinely flexible. "The location of work is almost a distraction from the real question," said lead author Daniel Obande Haruna ...