1037: Breaking Traditions: Navigating Remote and Hybrid Work Models and the Impact on Employee Life (14164)

Session Chair(s)

• AI

  Afshan Iqbal

  Alliance Manchester Business School, U. of Manchester, United Kingdom

Participant(s)

• MC

  Matej Cerne

  School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Slovenia
• LT

  Laura Trinchera

  NEOMA Business School
• AP

  Ales Popovic

  NEOMA Business School
• DU

  Dejan Uršic

  School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• KM

  Katarina Mihelic

  School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Presenter(s)

• AM

  Ajda Merkuz

  School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Participant(s)

• BK

  Bettina Kubicek

  U. of Graz

Presenter(s)

• GH

  Gislene Haubrich

  KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije U. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Discussant(s)

• RG

  Ravi Gajendran

  Florida International U., United States

Participant(s)

• MD

  Matthew Davis

  U. of Leeds, United Kingdom
• MR

  Mark Robinson

  U. of Leeds

Presenter(s)

• AP

  Ajay Ponnapalli

  Wayne State U., United States

Participant(s)

• AT

  Amanuel Tekleab

  Wayne State U., United States
• JY

  Joseph Yestrepsky

  Wayne State U., United States

Presenter(s)

• AL

  Amadeja Lamovšek

  School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Participant(s)

• S�

  Simona Šarotar Žižek

  U. of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business

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.

Presentations:

• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1037: Blurring Boundaries: the Effects of Virtual Meetings on Technostress and Work-Family Conflict (14164)
  

  Author: Afshan Iqbal – Alliance Manchester Business School, U. of Manchester

  Author: Matthew Christopher Davis – U. of Leeds

  Author: Mark Robinson – U. of Leeds
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1037: Do changing work modalities influence employees’ psychological contracts? (14164)
  

  Author: Ajay Rama Ponnapalli – Wayne State U.

  Author: Amanuel G. Tekleab – Wayne State U.

  Author: Joseph Yestrepsky – Wayne State U.
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1037: Enriched work design, spirit at work, meaningfulness, & satisfaction with life: Comparative studies (14164)
  

  Author: Amadeja Lamovšek – School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana

  Author: Simona Šarotar Žižek – U. of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business

  Author: Matej Cerne – School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia

  Author: Laura Trinchera – NEOMA Business School

  Author: Ales Popovic – NEOMA Business School

  Author: Dejan Uršic – School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1037: “Relax, take it easy”: Working couples’ psychological detachment, thriving, work-nonwork balance (14164)
  

  Author: Katarina Katja Mihelic – School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana

  Author: Ajda Merkuz – School of Economics and Business, U. of Ljubljana

  Author: Bettina Kubicek – U. of Graz
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1037: How can hybrid working work? Thoughts on participatory democracy in organizing. (14164)
  

  Author: Gislene Feiten Haubrich – KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije U. Amsterdam