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Rethinking Return-to-Office: The Positive Impact of Remote Work on Well-Being, Connection, and Employee Retention

Authors

Alyssa M. Lezcano, Stephanie A. Zajac, Stefanie K. Johnson, Courtney L. Holladay

Venue

Frontiers in Psychology (peer-reviewed), Vol. 17

Published

2026-07-29

ID

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1848857

Peer-reviewed, open-access study in Frontiers in Psychology (Organizational Psychology section), published July 29, 2026. Using time-lagged data from 7,704 employees in remote, hybrid and on-site roles, the authors compare well-being, positive connection and turnover across work arrangements. The article includes a checklist for setting norms with remote and hybrid employees.

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Finding the Optimal Human-AI Relationship — practice worksheet

A two-page printable worksheet from Pilyoung Kim, Ph.D. for setting deliberate terms with AI: comparing warm, sycophantic, and machine-like responses, setting your own tone dials, turning them into a reusable custom-instructions prompt, deciding what goes to AI versus a person, and guarding your judgment against flattery.

Why I recommend it: Print it and actually fill it in. Section 5 — writing your own view down before you ask AI — is the single habit that keeps these tools from quietly making your decisions for you.