by Rob Paterson
June 15, 2010 at 8:55 am
· Filed under Adoption
It remains very hard to make progress in most organizations to a more distributed way of working. Again – Culture is the key:
UC DAVIS (US)—Working from home may reduce commute time, save money, and shrink an employee’s carbon footprint. But it can also be a hazard to career advancement, a new study shows.
“Merely being seen—often from a distance and without any interaction or real understanding of what a person is doing—that in itself has value,” says Kimberly Elsbach, professor in the Graduate School of Management at University of California, Davis. “People notice.”
In a pair of studies—one involving in-depth interviews with office workers and another using a behavioral experiment—Elsbach and colleagues found that being present at the workplace gives an employee an important edge.
When bosses and co-workers see an employee at work, they tend to think more highly of that person. And their evaluation is even more favorable if the sighting is after normal business hours.
Details of the study are published in the June issue of the journalHuman Relations.
I suspect that a call has to be made at the top as at IBM – for there to be enough movement to make this work. The tools and the programs are not enough.
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BjörnJune 16th, 2010 at 8:40 am |
Well, it just demonstrates that we are people, not just tools of corporate activities.
Uh Oh – the Importance of Facetime – http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/06/15/facetime-the-key-to-success-culture/
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Do you find it surprising that face time is the key to success in this world full of social media and cloud computing? http://bit.ly/cCYF46
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fast forward.. Facetime – the Key to Success – Culture – It remains very hard to make progress in most organizations… http://ow.ly/17KNYr
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Facetime is still the key to success in the corporate world: people, tools and organizational culture must be aligned! http://bit.ly/dwTmtv
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Finally it is proven: facetime the key to success at work http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/06/15/facetime-the-key-to-success-culture/
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That´s what I allways say! by Rob Paterson Facetime – the Key to Success – Culture http://cot.ag/9EpAlL
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That´s what I allways say! by Rob Paterson Facetime – the Key to Success – Culture http://cot.ag/9EpAlL
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Facetime – the Key to Success. http://viigo.im/3ZiK
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