Given the massive increases in remote work, a new need has emerged for managers’ training focused on employees’ engagement and well-being. This viewpoint provides recommendations for this training.
Based on a literature review on the effects of remote work on employees’ engagement and emotions and on the experiences of those in my professional and personal circles who work in a remote environment, this viewpoint argues for the need to train managers to ensure employees’ engagement and well-being in this new mode of remote work.
In this viewpoint, I provide several solutions that managers can use to address the effects of remote work, aiming to maximize individual and organizational performance.
From an originality perspective, the article combines contradictory research findings about employees’ engagement and emotions in a remote working environment, demonstrating my unbiased position. Based on them, it generates substantial solutions for managers to tackle the negative impacts of remote work on their employees’ well-being and engagement.
