50228 - Rethinking Work: How Hybrid and Remote Work impact Gender, Racial, and Other Inequalities

Description

The covid pandemic lockdowns initiated a widespread social experiment normalizing remote and hybrid work, thereby sustainably changing the landscape of work. Though remote work existed long before the pandemic, working from home rose 5x from 2019 to 2023, with 40% of US employees now working remotely at least one day per week (Bloom et al. 2023). The pandemic increased working from home more than the past 40 years combined, and these gains have remained high. While we know that work has transformed significantly since 2020, numerous questions remain about the changing nature of work. Specifically, what are the implications for the traditional organization of work, e.g. the ideal worker norm and patriarchal, white supremacist, and ableist hierarchies? What are the implications for the subsequent future of inequity in the workplace? By understanding the experiences and normative expectations of employees and leaders, we can better understand how the structural realities and cultural schemas that constitute the foundation of work are changing.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Presider

• Shelley J. Correll, Stanford University

Panelists

• Marianne Cooper, Stanford University

• Kathleen Gerson, New York University

• Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis

• Wen Fan, Boston College

• Britiny Iris Cook, Stanford University

Session Organizers

• Alison Wynn, Stanford University

• Melissa Victoria Abad, Stanford University

• JoAnne Wehner, Stanford University