In light of the digital environment, experts believe that the new workers of the post-millennium generation lack the ability to acquire important skills in guiding behavior, joint work, and communication within institutions, while they are witnessing a prosperity in the world of work in a way that spreads flexibility, spreads digital communication, and employees have influence in it. enough to ask what they want from the companies they work for; Some experts worry that remote and hybrid working arrangements miss out on many skills for new workers.
Part of this concern revolves around the absence of workplace intangibles, including the absence of informal conversations and feedback from which new employees learn how to behave.
According to the BBC, Helen Hughes, assistant professor at the University of Leeds Business School, says: “It is about communication … and things like norms of perception, values, etiquette: who should you contact? How should they be communicated? Are some people unacceptable?
And one day, these kinds of questions were answered face to face, through a visit in the office, or in a casual conversation in the office kitchen. Learning about workplace policies is simple and can be done intuitively based on subtle but tangible cues.
Seating arrangements in the workplace reveal the hierarchy of jobs; Likewise, body language can indicate the nature of people in terms of friendliness and ease of access.
Social comparison is harder, Hughes points out, in remote or hybrid work environments, where you can't see everyone around you and pick how you act. However, with the large number of young employees working either remotely or in a mixed system, what was once done through a natural encounter has now become more complicated.
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