How managers can use remote work situations as an opportunity for growth rather than a challenge to keep workers in line
Spyware is used to reduce anxiety about remote worker productivity and assure management role.
Laker and colleagues note that the effect of such scrutiny has been distrust on both sides, as well as deepening the division between workers and managers. Overzealous monitoring of the remote worker may also lead to a toxic work environment. Parker and colleagues found workers who experienced high levels of remote monitoring often or always felt
Rather than “monitors,” the remote workplace offers managers the opportunity to become “mentors.” Although the “nuts and bolts” of mentorship will look different across organizations, the underlying goal of mentorship is that of a collaborative mindset toward achieving shared goals. For managers, there is a unique opportunity for leadership in the evolving areas of work-life balance and work motivation of those they supervise remotely.