So hybrid work reduces productivity… yes or no?｜結局、在宅ワークは生産性を落とすの？
そろそろ科学的な研究も出揃ってきましたね。在宅ワークは、本当に生産性を下げるのか？
ここで紹介されているのは、スタンフォード大と香港の中国大学、さらに北京大学という世界有数の研究教育大学の、産業組織を研究する連中が気合い入れて行った研究です。
結果は、数年前にMicrosoft がお金をかけて行った研究や、その後にヨーロッパのいくつかの大学が行った研究、そして日本の人材開発会社が独自に行った研究の成果と、ほとんど同じ傾向です。
ハイブリッドワークは、生産性を落とさないし、従業員満足度を上げるし、大きなマイナス点はない。Stanford researcher Nicholas Bloom noted that employees who worked from home two days a week had the same level of productivity as their colleagues who went into the office every day.
要するに、週2日ぐらいの在宅ワーク が適当かもしれませんね 。ただ、記事も指摘しているように、今回の調査の被験者は30代の管理職が多くて、ほぼ全てに子供がいます。これが、独身者や55歳を超えたベテラン 従業員になると、事情は異なるかも。
とはいえ、リアルで顔を合わせることはもちろん 重要です。
週5日全てを在宅ワークにする必要はありませんからね。その証拠として、在宅ワークを多くし過ぎると、オフィスでの人間関係が潤滑に働かない場合も多く、1年後の離職率などに関しては、毎日オフィスに来ているグループの方が高かったという結果。工夫が必要ですね。
It’s time for some scientific research to come out. Does working from home really reduce productivity?
What is presented here in the article is a study that was done with a lot of enthusiasm by the researchers of organizational behavior at Stanford University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Peking University, all of which are the world’s leading research and education universities.
The results show much the same trends as the study Microsoft spent money on a few years ago, the subsequent studies conducted by several European universities, and the results of an independent study conducted by a Japanese human resource development firm.
Hybrid work does not reduce productivity, but increases employee satisfaction, and has no major downsides basically, as Stanford researcher Nicholas Bloom noted “that employees who worked from home two days a week had the same level of productivity as their colleagues who went into the office every day.”
In short, working from home about two days a week may be appropriate. However, as the article also points out, many of the subjects in this study were managers in their 30s, and almost all had children. The situation might be different for singles or veteran employees over 55.
Nevertheless, real face-to-face contact is, of course, important.
It’s not necessary to work from home all five days a week. As evidence of this, when too many people work from home, relationships in the office often do not work well, and the result was that the group that came to the office every day had a higher turnover rate after one year, for example. In summary, we need to be creative with WFH.