<![CDATA[6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled.]]>6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered & entitled. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status—& the more they favored return-to-office mandates."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597826000300

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/5a776ccf-049b-4fbd-9aa9-ffeabf722b93/6-years-of-research-the-only-trait-that-consistently-predicted-objections-to-remote-work-was-narcissism-the-tendency-to-be-self-centered-amp-entitled.RSS for NodeThu, 09 Jul 2026 12:04:48 GMTMon, 06 Jul 2026 08:31:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:32:26 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I think the pandemic helped prove we don't need a lot of those "managers".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lukeharby/statuses/116874225015768928https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lukeharby/statuses/116874225015768928Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:31:46 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
'WAAH! You can't adore me from your home.' Where the hell they get "higher opinions of themselves" is an absolute mystery. 😅

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116036466889642674/statuses/116874222374817687https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116036466889642674/statuses/116874222374817687Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:31:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:25:14 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I hope this holds up to replication, because that is perfect *chef kiss*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/thepwnicorn/statuses/116874196730061467https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/thepwnicorn/statuses/116874196730061467Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:12:29 GMT]]>@tsyum Delete where inappropriate for you applies for sure. 👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/a/statuses/116874146555348577https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/a/statuses/116874146555348577Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:12:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:09:18 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
Interesting point. But I would like to know if the study looked at things like the type of business, security needs, and the kind of work people do. Could these things also affect why some companies ask people to return to the office?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/squads/statuses/116874134084862996https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/squads/statuses/116874134084862996Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:09:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:54:12 GMT]]>@a I don’t know if it’s worth saying, but “work from home” really doesn’t by itself necessarily work. A *ton* of people in the U.S. are in financial ruin. I imagine many of these folks do Not have the ability to create a good workspace at home (pay for their own extra devices, have the floor area, etc.) or buy lattes/food at a cafe

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116874074699807068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116874074699807068Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:54:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:49:53 GMT]]>@gunthr @Natasha_Jay By constructing this straw man, yeah probably. 🤦🏽‍♀️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://deadinsi.de/users/mimi/statuses/116874057705660856https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://deadinsi.de/users/mimi/statuses/116874057705660856Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:41:48 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

I worked in a heavily unionized environment and union stewards, who are some of the most braggart people you will ever meet, were largely uninterested in remote work issues. 🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116874025954474175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116874025954474175Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:41:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:31:22 GMT]]>@TheNovemberMan @Natasha_Jay

I once worked on a project at SAC trying to eliminate tennis shoe transfers between machines back in the day. The generals were against it because they didn't want to lose their commands over the people who did the tape transfers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116873984909200003https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116873984909200003Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:31:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:17:44 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I have an employee that is a desktop support technician, he fixes your laptop when you bring it in, it’s not a role that can be done remotely. We have 100’s of employees that work in the field or remotely, but they need a place to bring their tech when they need help. Does that make me a narcissist?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/gunthr/statuses/116873931279781159https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/gunthr/statuses/116873931279781159Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:17:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:01:02 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
I wish I had been able to post the link to this study in the all-staff Slack channel right before my last day at work.

The president of the company, daughter of the founder, had ordered everyone back to office in late 2021.

Employees mostly worked in cubicles. I wore a mask all day. Her spacious office with a view was located down a hall, away from contagious employees.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/shansterable/statuses/116873865611919961https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/shansterable/statuses/116873865611919961Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:01:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:00:20 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

Not at all surprised. I worked in local government and the responses to the pandemic and later RTO varied widely between office and organizations. After a while you got a feel for which areas had a dysfunctional culture/leadership. Very much driven by the top.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116873862861675370https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116873862861675370Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:48:21 GMT]]>@p3ter @Natasha_Jay It should be completely voluntary.

What I experienced when it was, before the RTO mandate, was that the 10% of extroverts that actually went into the office kept complaining that "the office was so empty", giving an excuse to the narcissist(s) at the top to argue morale was low (it wasn't for 90% of the workforce), productivity was down (it was up 25%) and force everyone back.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.zebras.social/users/wizard/statuses/01KWW1VFP82VXSAFA4ABQ8VAWBhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.zebras.social/users/wizard/statuses/01KWW1VFP82VXSAFA4ABQ8VAWBMon, 06 Jul 2026 15:48:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:25:17 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
1. People, who as leaders, object to remote work: Narcissists.

2. People who like working around others: Extroverts.

3. People who like remote work: Introverts.

(I choose # 3.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116873725028515165https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116873725028515165Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:12:42 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This title is golden.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BrentN/statuses/116873675601088987https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BrentN/statuses/116873675601088987Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:12:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:05:33 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

This is erasure of all the non-narcissistic bosses who mandate RTO to see how many people they can get to quit. 😇

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/116873647468622860https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/116873647468622860Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:03:28 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I had it explained to me in what I am assuming the person explaining it considered reasonable terms.

"He just likes to come in to the office and see his people working."

Like some fucking art piece or something.

I was going to take the job too thinking, "I work better at home, but if they want to pay me to be pretty that's fine too." They ended up being raging fucking assholes though and I was actually surprised 😛

I can be stupid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116873639294609828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116873639294609828Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:03:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:03:02 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

One Billion Office Workers: “Well, duh!”

Good to have some research to back up what we all instinctively knew.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/VE2UWY/statuses/116873637566902374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/VE2UWY/statuses/116873637566902374Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:46:35 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

This reminds me of David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs. I believe he names the desire of managers to have as many working *under them* as possible as one of the reasons for the preponderance of bullshit jobs. As an example of the inefficiencies of capitalism / why we don't work 30h/week.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/largo/statuses/116873572880729955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/largo/statuses/116873572880729955Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:46:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:24:35 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay old job went from 10% wfh to 90% wfh. but the answer is more simple. getting rid of workers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116873486373934236https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116873486373934236Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:24:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:21:36 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay @briankrebs No, duh! But also, nice to have the science to back it up…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/115985041812732879/statuses/116873474657864837https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/115985041812732879/statuses/116873474657864837Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:21:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:13:21 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Truth. And the Air Force is full of them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116873442199011599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116873442199011599Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:13:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered &amp; entitled. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:03:47 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This study appears to put into words what most of us have felt for years. It's not about any measurable metric or "team building," it's all about the boss.

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