Determinants of Workplace Choice and their Relation to Factors of Work Success in Hybrid Work Settings

Even after COVID-19, many employees decide to work primarily from home. However, some companies are again trying to bring about a new cultural change that leads to hybrid work settings. Value retention and the need to offer workplaces that promote satisfaction and productivity are crucial for companies to be successful. This paper studies which factors are responsible for workplace choices and how these factors relate to productivity and satisfaction. Using a Best–Worst (BW) scaling study, a German sample (N = 1,112) is analysed. The result benefits IS research on hybrid work settings by showing which factors companies should concentrate on. The good news for companies is that the factors driving productivity, satisfaction, and workplace choice are closely interconnected. However, implementing these factors hinges on committed, enduring efforts to nurture a positive workplace environment that is fundamentally linked to both job-related and person-related factors.