Making Remote Work #09 – Sumita Raghuram(SJSU)

#skillsformars #remotework #futureofworkOn this episode of "Making Remote Work," I am hosting one of the few people who have studied Remote Work from its early beginnings. We discuss the history of remote, individual differences in adapting to such settings, knowledge creation, organizational identification, and the future of remote work.Sumita Raghuram is the Alan and Lori Kessler Endowed Professor in Human Resource Management. Sumita received her Ph.D. from University of Minnesota in Human Resource Management. She then was a faculty member at Fordham University, New York and at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania. With over 30 years of teaching and research experience, she teaches subject areas in Human Resource Management at SJSU. Her primary research areas are in virtual work, international human resource management and tech workers. Topics such as employee identity, employee turnover and engagement, well-being and impact of tech work on human resource management are of particular interest to her. She has published her research in journals such as the Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology and Journal of Organization Behavior. Sumita has also been a visiting faculty at international business schools such as Copenhagen Business School, Bologna Business School, and Indian School of Business.MAKING REMOTE WORK - is a limited series led by the ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN COMMUNITY and hosted by SKILLS FOR MARS. It is a public service video-podcast in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will host 20+ researchers and practitioners in the field of distributed work. They will share their insights and knowledge to support companies and employees who are making this transition.Subscribe to Skills for Mars: www.youtube.com/skillsformarsSupport the Skills for Mars podcast?https://www.skillsformars.com or https://www.patreon.com/skillsformars https://podhero.com/dashboard/show/474530/ (register, follow & support podcast)- LinkedIn @skills for mars- Facebook @skillsformars- Instagram @skillsformars- Twitter @skillsformarsFor more information on Iulia Istrate: https://www.iuliaistrate.com/home

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