Mar 30, 2017
In today's episode, Pilar talks with Eva Rimbau-Gilabert about a
recent piece of research on how "managing up" tactics differ
between collocated and virtual workers (those in close physical
proximity to the manager and those working away from the
office).
The research that Eva shares was conducted by Sebastián Steizel,
who is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of
San Andrés (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Eva was director of the
thesis.
http://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/369313/Sebasti%C3%A1n%20Steizel%20Tesis%20Doctorado%20.pdf?sequence=1
Eva Rimbau-Gilabert's Twitter handle: @erimbau
06:20 Different tactics that people use to influence their boss and
how they differ in use between virtual workers and collocated
workers.
Ingratiation
Rationality
Assertiveness
Coalition
Intermediation
Upward appeal
13:00 The use of technology and how this changes when people try to
influence their boss.
Synchronous vs asynchronous.
16:54 The importance of synchronous communication to give team
members the space to express the importance of what they're
raising.
18:55 Networking within the organisation.
23:03 The question of career progression.
25:42 More on advantages and disadvantages of synchronous and
asynchronous communication. And a summary of the tactics mentioned
right at the beginning.
30:00 Initial stages on research on wellbeing of teleworkers and
how leadership behaviour can influence psychological
wellbeing.
35:11 Final thoughts on the diversity of remote teams and the
degrees of "virtual"