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How do you create a workplace that people want to work in? We embedded in a company to find out

  • Written by Radostina Purvanova, Professor of Management and Organizational Leadership, Drake University

It’s been five years since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 disrupted the traditional office workplace. For a while, it seemed COVID-19 killed the office.

Companies are now returning to the office in ever greater numbers. As professors who have researched remote work and collaboration for decades, we have our counterarguments. But there are...

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