518: Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Distributed Work: New Directions in Hybrid & Remote Work Research (10524)

Organizer(s)

• DK

  Devin Kilpatrick

  U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business, United States

Presenter(s)

• LG

  Leroy Gonsalves

  Boston U. Questrom School of Business, United States
• SR

  Sumita Raghuram

  San Jose State U., United States
• PC

  Prithwiraj Choudhury

  Harvard U., United States
• TN

  Thao Nguyen

  Cornell U., United States
• DK

  Devin Kilpatrick

  U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business, United States

Discussant(s)

• PH

  Pamela Hinds

  Stanford U., United States

Organizer(s)

• LG

  Lindred Greer

  U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business, United States

Distributed work arrangements - including hybrid and remote work - offer workers around the world choice in their work location, which should ostensibly promote equity and inclusion. However, numerous challenges may arise for equity and inclusion as organizations and their employees navigate the narratives, structures, and implications of distributed work choices. In this symposium, we seek to separate narrative from fact around the current trends in distributed work and to understand exactly how hybrid and remote work can be navigated to maintain (and ideally foster) equity and inclusion in organizations. The five papers in this symposium collectively explore the emergence of prevailing narratives around remote and hybrid work, challenge existing narratives that remote and hybrid work are a “double-edged sword” for women and minorities, and seek to understand how, when, and why hybrid work can be the “best of both worlds” for diverse teams. Our discussant, Dr. Pamela Hinds, a leading scholar in the study of distributed work, will close our symposium by synthesizing the presented papers and facilitating a discussion with the audience regarding the future directions for this important topic. Through this symposium, we aim to generate new insights about how scholars can continue to study and improve the research on equity and inclusion within distributed work arrangements.

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  518: How Journalists Amplified a Work Disengagement Narrative Justifying Remote Work Retrenchment (10524)
  

  Author: Leroy Gonsalves – Boston U. Questrom School of Business

  Author: Charles Chu – Boston U. Questrom School of Business
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  518: Remote Work and Employee Performance and Promotability: Is There A Gender Gap? (10524)
  

  Author: Sumita Raghuram – San Jose State U.

  Author: N. Sharon Hill – George Washington U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  518: Offsite At Office: How Temporary Colocation Shapes Communication in a Fully Remote Organization (10524)
  

  Author: Victora Sevcenko – INSEAD

  Author: Charles Ayoubi – Harvard Business School

  Author: Sujin Jang – INSEAD

  Author: Prithwiraj Choudhury – Harvard U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  518: How Dimensions of Hybrid Teamwork Influence Team Empowerment (10524)
  

  Author: Thao Phan Hanh Nguyen – Cornell U.

  Author: Bradford S. Bell – Cornell U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  518: The ABCs of Successful Hybrid Work Teams: Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Concordance (10524)
  

  Author: Devin Kilpatrick – U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business

  Author: Lindred L. Greer – U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business

  Author: Sherry M. B Thatcher – U. of Tennessee, Knoxville