Season 2 Episode 16

What we know about remote work with Anthony Nyberg

• Host
  • Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
• Guest
  • Dr. Anthony Nyberg, J. Henry Fellers Professor of Management, Faculty Director for the Center for Executive Succession

There’s a trend in workforce dynamics right now to return to office, or end remote work arrangements. To respond to that, we brought Dr. Anthony Nyberg, a human resources researcher to talk about compensation, incentives, succession planning, and competitive advantage through personnel.

Nyberg’s research focuses on how organizations compete through people, specifically the strategic role of pay in their attraction, emergence, retention and motivation, including those in the C-suite. Nyberg’s work has been published in top academic journals. He serves as an associate editor for the Academy of Management Journal and on the editorial boards of other prestigious management journals. Nyberg has received numerous awards for teaching, reviews and research including awards for best dissertation, best published manuscript (twice) and career success, including being named a Featured Scholar and a Breakthrough Rising Star by the University of South Carolina. He also received the Early Career Achievement award from the Academy of Management. His research has been highlighted in major international media outlets, including Business Week, Time Magazine, National Public Radio, US News & World Report, Harvard Business Review and CNBC.

Topics in this discussion include:

• What compensation is and who decides what it should be
• Work from home as a retention incentive
• What the data shows about COVID working conditions
• Differences in the people and differences in the task affect remote work and management thereof
• The mixed-modality workforce and challenges therein
• The role of research in organizational management 
• The biggest reason companies are issuing return-to-work mandates

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