Sharon K Parker

Work that permits autonomy and problem-solving can bolster employees' cognitive skills and learning over time. While both fluid cognitive abilities and crystallized knowledge typically plateau or begin to decline with age, the authors' research finds that well-designed work can counter that effect. The authors discuss how organizations and managers can use good work design to strengthen their workforce's ability to adapt to new processes, tools, and...

A study of hybrid work finds that support from colleagues is even more critical to combating isolation and improving job satisfaction than support from managers. Workers who did their jobs partly from home and partly in a company location and experienced high levels of colleague support when at home were much less likely to report persistent feelings of loneliness, and those who felt supported by teammates both when at home and in the workplace were...