Managers may believe their star performers don’t need monitoring when working on a team and may reason that leaving the most high status workers alone in their efforts frees up more time to work closely with other team members. But research coauthored by Sebastien Brion of IESE Business School and published in Management Science Journal claims that this may be a mistake and so counterproductive and that the performance of high status workers might improve with greater visibility including that offered by open plan offices. The research suggests that high-status workers are less likely to devote the appropriate effort to…
Open plan offices might improve performance of high status workers
Open plan offices might improve performance of high status workers
