MDIM Journal of Management Review and Practice

An Exploratory Study on the Evolution of Hybrid Work

Sarah John¹ and S. Amudhan¹

First Published 21 Aug 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/mjmrp.241263157

Article Information

Volume 2, Issue 2 September 2024

Corresponding Author:

Sarah John, Department of Management, St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore, Karnataka 560027, India.
Email: sarah.john@sju.edu.in

¹Department of Management, St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Abstract

This article is an exploratory study into how hybrid work evolved from work from home and remote working and is the way forward for organisations with the advent of Artificial Intelligence. The researchers have studied previously published data and looked at various secondary sources of study especially newspapers and journals to understand the effect of COVID-19 work-from-home mandates and how it was possible as it was already in effect in organisations in a different manner. In this article, the meaning of the three types of work, that is, remote, work from home, and hybrid work, are looked at, with an emphasis on what limitations employers and employees have found in the first two methods that have served as a catalyst to start the modern method of Hybrid work. The article also looked at the origins of the concept of hybrid work and how it was a natural evolution, as a solution to the limitations that exist in remote working and working from home of employees.

Keywords

Management, behaviour management, human resource management, sociology of work and organisations

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