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Das Büro als sozialer Ort: Zusammenarbeit in hybriden Arbeitswelten

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  • Entgelmeier Ines

    (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, Deutschland.)

  • Meyer Sophie-Charlotte

    (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, Deutschland.)

  • Tisch Anita

    (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, Deutschland.)

  • Backhaus Nils

    (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, Deutschland.)

Abstract

Since the Covid 19 pandemic, many office workers have got the option of working hybrid, i.e. alternating between working at home and in the office. As a result, cooperation with colleagues is increasingly being shifted to the virtual world. This may change not only the content of cooperation, but also the social relationships between employees. On the basis of the BAuA working time survey 2019 and 2021, we investigate whether there is a relation between the proportion of working from home and the assessment of collegial cooperation. Here we distinguish between formal, content-related collaboration and informal, personal collaboration. The results show that office workers rate both formal and informal cooperation worse as the proportion of work from home increases. However, formal collaboration in particular is rated better in 2021 than in 2019; experiences during the Covid- 19 pandemic may have led to learning effects in virtual collaboration.

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  • Entgelmeier Ines & Meyer Sophie-Charlotte & Tisch Anita & Backhaus Nils, 2023. "Das Büro als sozialer Ort: Zusammenarbeit in hybriden Arbeitswelten," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 32(2), pages 111-132, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:32:y:2023:i:2:p:111-132:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2023-0008
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