Training managers to ensure employees’ engagement and well-being in a remote working environment

Abstract

Purpose

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.

Design/methodology/approach

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.

Findings

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.

Originality/value

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.

Citation

Nizamidou, C. (2024), "Training managers to ensure employees’ engagement and well-being in a remote working environment", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-08-2024-0217