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Linhao Fang organises session at US Academy of Management conference

Dr Linhao Fang has organised a symposium "Workplace Reimagined: New Perspectives on Organizational Spaces" at the prestigious US Academy of Management conference in Chicago. The session brings together international experts to dissect and understand the emerging paradigms in future organizational spaces that continued to evolve post-pandemic. Themes to be explored in the symposium include: Workplace...

Research published in prestigious Academy of Management Learning & Education

Research led by Dr Helen Hughes from the Understanding the Value of Interns project  is now in press with the prestigious Academy of Management Learning & Education! The paper, authored by Dr Helen Hughes and Dr Matthew Davis, considers the extent to which hybrid trends create competency gaps for those entering a hybrid workplace early...

Featured in the FT's Ignites

"The phone call is dead. But does it matter?" Dr Matthew Davis contributed to this Financial Times Ignites article by Amie Keeley. The article reflects on the demise of phone calls and what is repalcing them in the modern workplace. Matthew shared findings from our Adapting Offices research  that only 1.6% of office activities reported...

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COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns made most office-based staff become homeworkers overnight. This disruption has changed employees' and organisations' preconceptions of what a workplace is. In a much broader sense, a reflection is spurred on what "go to work" means and how we will work in the future.

This is exciting and has the potential to improve both the experience of work for employees and to drive innovation in the design of offices and ways of working. Our research examines the implications of these changes, provides advice for organisations looking to create hybrid workplaces and develops an evidence base for what the impact is on employee behaviour.

Where is your workplace today?

This 3 minute animation explains how hybrid working affects employees.

Key Business Insights

In this webinar recording we explain the key findings from the in-depth Adapting Offices study of hybrid working. We explain the key things that business need to know to improve hybrid working practices, support employee wellbeing, performance and networks.