Der Einsatz zunehmend autonomer und kollaborativer agierender sozialer Roboter oder Cobots kann und sollte als Chance für die menschengerechte Gestaltung von mit Technologien angereicherten Arbeitsplätzen verstanden werden. Dazu gilt es, den Einsatz menschzentriert zu gestalten und unter...

With heightened expectations for a reckoning in response to the broad support for the Black Lives Matter movement after the senseless murder of George Floyd in 2020, employers explored many options to improve racial understanding through discussions with workers. In rejecting any notions of the...

Full days worked at home account for 28 percent of paid workdays among Americans 20-64 years old, as of mid 2023, according to the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes. That's about four times the 2019 rate and ten times the rate in the mid-1990s that we estimate in time-use data. We...

Worsening job dissatisfaction among healthcare professionals has alarming implications for the quality of care and patient outcomes. By carefully implementing the job design elements of skill variety, job control, and incentives, employee satisfaction can be enhanced and turnover reduced....

We investigate how supervisor discretion is related to the extent of employee working from home (WFH). In the pre-corona pandemic period, WFH was uncommon, and after the pandemic anecdotal and survey evidence shows many organizations want their employees to return to the office. It is unclear...

We study the adoption of remote work within cities and its effect on city structure and welfare. We develop a dynamic model of a city in which workers can decide to work in the central business district (CBD) or partly at home. Working in the CBD allows them to interact with other commuters,...