Žikica Milošević
Andrea Ivanišević
Minja Bolesnikov
Abstract:
After the end of the massive lockdowns around the world, the WFH (work from home) model persisted in many areas, especially in creative industries. In the course of time, it became effectively known as WFA (work from anywhere) since so-called digital nomads (people working from distant places not being their homes) became usual. Hybrid work practice has become a new norm. But, recently, some companies issued RTO (return to office) orders, practically banning WFA practice or hybrid work (several days in the office, several days out of office). This quickly became a new battlefield in which the middle management felt threatened, since they are not only losing control over employees, but the whole WFA system renders them unnecessary. Also, expensive office space became largely unused, causing losses. Some scholars suggest that the AI threatens the WFA model since the use of it requires close synchronous cooperation between the team members, increasingly hard to obtain in the WFA (asynchronous) model. On the other hand, other scholars suggest that in no way a company can afford high profile team members if they are obliged to live in the same city so WFA is more favourable. Finally, the employees in the newest researches showed that they value most the benefits like flexibility, trust in their work discipline, less pressure and control, 4-days’ working week, and not being treated as irresponsible. This paper discusses the future of flexible working model
Tenth International Scientific-Business Conference LIMEN Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research - LIMEN 2024 - International Scientific-Business Conference – LIMEN 2024: Vol 10. Selected Papers , December 5, 2024
Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia
ISBN: 9788680194936 , ISSN: 26836149 , DOI: 10.31410/LIMEN.S.P.2024
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