Mastering the Hybrid Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything You Need to Know

Abstract

The hybrid workplace has evolved over the last 60 years and is no more an exception today but a reality to accept and the future to embrace. This chapter aims to equip the students and professionals with the in-depth knowledge of the hybrid workplace. The hybridizing mechanism exhibits the four elements: physical, virtual, social, and temporal aspects that form the different approaches to designing a hybrid workplace. Being largely adopted by organizations today, a hybrid workplace benefits employees with greater flexibility, and better worklife balance and aids in increasing productivity, saving operational costs, and ensuring a culture of happy and engaged employees. The hybrid workplace can also be challenging in managing performance, building team cohesion, risk of moonlighting, potential burnout, and employee inequality. This chapter also provides an overview of different types of hybrid work models, and traits essential to succeed in such a contemporary environme