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Online Workplaces Continue To Grapple With New Normal

With video conferencing now becoming the norm, managers are struggling to form a virtual business culture and resolving conflicts. Body language, eye contact and verbal ques are not the same online.
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With video conferencing now becoming the norm, managers are struggling to form a virtual business culture, resolve conflicts and onboard new employees. Body language, eye contact and verbal ques are not the same online.

Managers are seeking more ways to monitor employees as they continue to work from home

It's been five months since the world of work has been turned upside down. Working from home has posed a new, prolonged adjustment to a business's culture and there is no clear end in site.

On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer checks back in with two scholars from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business to get an update on how the world of working from home continues to change the culture of business.

Guests:

  • Daniel Newton, assistant Professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business
  • Michele Williams, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship and the John L. Miclot fellow in entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
Rick Brewer was a producer for IPR's Talk of Iowa and River to River
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