This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. USC Annenberg and the International Association of Business Communicators examined how communicators address the challenges of remote work and shape internal communications strategy. An online survey of 204 communications professionals, who oversaw or were directly responsible for internal or employee communications, was conducted from April … Continue reading How Does Remote Work Affect Internal Communication?
During and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, many internal public relations scholars studied employees who were forced to work from home and how this swift change in work environment impacted their employee engagement. For example, Dhanesh and Picherit-Duthler (2021) developed a framework entitled “Remote Internal Crisis Communication” and demonstrated how employee engagement exists even in … Continue reading How Does Work Setting Impact Employee Engagement?
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Hilke Steenkamp and Dr. Ganga Dhanesh examined strategies used by organizations to maintain relationships with employees over remote or hybrid working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers conducted 13 in-depth interviews with communications and human resources leaders from 10 companies in best employer … Continue reading Cultivating Relationships with Employees through Care during Remote Work in a Crisis
Morning Consult examined how adult employees in the United States feel about their work. The researchers analyzed how factors such as COVID-19, inflation, and remote work affect where people want to work, how satisfied they are with their jobs, and the reasons why they do or do not prefer to work in certain environments. An online … Continue reading What Employees Want in 2023
Summary The rise of distributed work, or telework, in organizations has been linked to benefits, such as productivity, performance, retention, and commitment. Elsewhere, however, it has been noted that distributed work provides an environment ripe for cyberslacking, a phenomenon in which employees are distracted by non-work Internet browsing when they should be accomplishing work tasks. … Continue reading Cyberslacking in Remote Work Environments