1、COLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.A Dissonance Study of Employees Current and Preferred Workplace Locations SamanthaM.AndersonKatherineE.AsmussenShobhit SaxenaDr.ChandraR.BhatCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.KatieAsmussenGraduateStudentResearcherSamanthaAndersonGraduateStudentResearcherDr.ShobhitSaxenaPostDo
2、cResearcherDr.ChandraBhatProfessorContributorsCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.OutlineINTRODUCTIONTHEORYRESEARCH OBJECTIVEMETHODOLOGYRESULTSCONCLUSIONCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.TeleworkingCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.Previous StudiesDiscrepancies between employee and employer preferences could lead 25
3、%of employees to quit their jobEmployee vs.Employer Preferences40%of employees prefer to WFH at least two days a week27%of employees expect their employer to allow thisCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.Theory of Cognitive Dissonance EstablishedbyLeonFestingerinthe1970s Proposedthatdissonance mayariseinas
4、ituationwherebeliefs/attitudes(BA)andactualbehavior(AB)opposeoneanother Inconsistency amongBA andABcanleadindividualsto(1)feelpsychologicaltension(2)avoidsituationsthatincreasedissonance(3)reducethedissonancewhenitispresentCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.Application of Cognitive Dissonance Theory to Te
5、lework Frequency TeleworkFrequencyDissonance(TFD)ariseswhenExistingTeleworkFrequency(ETF)andIdealTeleworkFrequency(ITF)arediscordant.1.ETFITFTeleworkFrequencyConsonance(TFC)ariseswhenETFandITFareinalignment.1.ETF=ITFCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.Example of Extreme Case of TFDITFETFCOLLABORATE.INNOVAT
6、E.EDUCATE.Research Objectives(1)Investigatetheextentofteleworkingandfactorsaffectingteleworking(1)Investigatetheextentofteleworkingandfactorsaffectingteleworking(2)ExploretheextentofTFDandfactorsaffectingTFD(2)ExploretheextentofTFDandfactorsaffectingTFDCOLLABORATE.INNOVATE.EDUCATE.Survey Overview CO