21st Century Work Life - Remote Working, Virtual Teams And Flexible Working

In today's episode, Pilar talks with Eva Rimbau-Gilabert about a recent piece of research on how "managing up" tactics differ between collocated and virtual workers (those in close physical proximity to the manager and those working away from the office). The research that Eva shares was conducted by Sebastián Steizel, who is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of San Andrés (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Eva was director of the thesis. http://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/369313/Sebasti%C3%A1n%20Steizel%20Tesis%20Doctorado%20.pdf?sequence=1 Eva Rimbau-Gilabert's Twitter handle: @erimbau 06:20 Different tactics that people use to influence their boss and how they differ in use between virtual workers and collocated workers.  Ingratiation Rationality Assertiveness Coalition Intermediation Upward appeal 13:00 The use of technology and how this changes when people try to influence their boss.  Synchronous vs asynchronous.  16:54 The importance of synchronous communication to give