“Published in the recent edition of the Journal of Personnel Psychology, the study looked at 323 employees and 143 supervisors across a variety of organizations. The research team found that so-called “corporate citizenship,” where employees make extra effort to improve life at the office, improves with telecommuting. “Apart from doing your job well, citizenship behavior is, ‘Are you helpful to others? Are you a dedicated member of the organization? Are you committed?'” said Gajendran.
The team also found that telecommuting had little or no impact on employee productivity. Although, interestingly, it did find one use case where telecommuting actually improved performance: instances where there was conflict between boss and employee… Perhaps some type of hybrid solution would be most effective, where employees get to work at home a few days a week but still get some face-to-face time with coworkers. The average American spends 38 hours a year stuck in traffic commuting, so cutting that in half, without hurting productivity, would be a win for everyone.”
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