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Why Remote Work is Harder for Some People š | S3. Ep4
Working from home stripped away "strong situations" (supervision, workplace structures) and turned knowledge work into a "weak situation" where your latent personality traits control your execution (Judge & Zapata, 2015)
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š Full research article: https://www.keca.co.uk/articles/five-factor-model-big-five-personality-guide
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Working from home didn't level the playing field, it tilted it and most people don't see how. Psychology divides the world into strong and weak situations. A strong situation, clear rules, constant supervision, loud cues, makes everyone behave the same way. A weak situation, ambiguity, freedom, no one watching, lets your personality take over.
Remote work stripped away the office and turned much of the job into one long, weak situation. So what decides whether the work gets done? Your self-discipline? Your emotional stability? The research shows personality predicts performance far more in loose work than in scripted work. If you struggle at home, it's probably not the job, it's the situational setup.