Abstract

More than 70% of all employers and managers utilize flexible or distributed work arrangements (Greenfield, 2017; World at work, 2017). Yet, it appears that few organizations are prepared to manage the relationship elements that come with a distributed workforce (Boss, 2017; Miller & Campell, 2013). Using structural equation modeling and data from 838 participants, the study examined the relationship between managerial behavior, perceived proximity, and job satisfaction within organizations that utilize distributed work. The results indicate that managerial behavior has a positive relationship with perceived proximity and employee job satisfaction and supports previous literature showing perceived proximity to be more reliable than objective physical distance when evaluating relationship outcomes.

Date of publication

Summer 5-23-2018

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

english

Persistent identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10950/1169

Committee members

Jerry W. Gilley, Ann Gilley, Heshium Lawrence

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Development

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