Flow is, "being in the zone. It's looking up from your computer and seeing that four hours have flown by in what you could have sworn were 15 minutes... people who entered flow can be twice as productive, and that such productivity comes from 'autonomy, master, and purpose' ". This article made me think of the possibility remote work has on having people reach states of flow, and in result, having a greater sense of happiness towards their work. However, the type of jobs and tasks done remotely, can affect their levels of flow and state of happiness. If work creates intrinsic motivation for them, they are more likely to reach states of flow.
Since virtual teaming has a lot of challenges as well in collaboration, managers should incorporate the following:
Teaming: teaming bonding activités for relationship building
Timing: having a regular meeting rhythm can help people with different time-zones schedule their meetings. As well as having "virtual office hours"
Technology: using tech that is familiar with everyone.
This is relevant to issue #15 and #14 on the concept of flow.
This article https://onlinemba.unc.edu/news/flow_autonomy_happiness_and_virtual_teams_in_todays_american_workforce/ highlights the benefits virtual teams can have. Benefits such as having more control on what you're doing and how you do it. This is a major factor towards the benefits of remote work, because it gives the worker a level of autonomy and can lead towards state of flow.
Flow is, "being in the zone. It's looking up from your computer and seeing that four hours have flown by in what you could have sworn were 15 minutes... people who entered flow can be twice as productive, and that such productivity comes from 'autonomy, master, and purpose' ". This article made me think of the possibility remote work has on having people reach states of flow, and in result, having a greater sense of happiness towards their work. However, the type of jobs and tasks done remotely, can affect their levels of flow and state of happiness. If work creates intrinsic motivation for them, they are more likely to reach states of flow.
Since virtual teaming has a lot of challenges as well in collaboration, managers should incorporate the following: Teaming: teaming bonding activités for relationship building Timing: having a regular meeting rhythm can help people with different time-zones schedule their meetings. As well as having "virtual office hours" Technology: using tech that is familiar with everyone.