Workers aren't being told if they're going back to the office - and it's hurting morale

May 25, 2021

Time to go back? Image: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

Kimberly Merriman

Professor of Management, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell

David Greenway

Doctoral Candidate in Leadership/Organization Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tamara Montag-Smit

Assistant Professor of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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