full-title:: [What Happens to Psychological Safety When Going Remote?](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d)
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	- ### Highlights
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		- > work mode, in which teams are split 
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		  into on-site and remote workers) sug-
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		  gests that remote workers tend to have 
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		  significantly reduced team cohesion, 
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		  poor awareness of “who did what” 
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		  and “who knows what,” divergent 
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		  viewpoints, conflicts [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#94850736-e8cf-4c8d-97f8-f3957651c6ec)
		- > The first studies on “tele-
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		  working” appeared in the 1970s and 
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		  regarded it as a temporary and often 
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		  partial practice chosen by few. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#93af4640-7c4a-45c2-99b6-d15b78879b4f)
		- > Yet, remote WFH has never been so 
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		  widespread as it is currently. Thus, the 
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		  impact of WFH on software develop-
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		  ment practices has been in the spot-
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		  light of research and practice. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#ffa55ebe-3cce-4494-93fc-97eb44da88b7)
		- > We find flexible work to offer a trade-off 
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		  between being able to stay focused and as a team 
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		  being able to maintain psychological safety [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#7d0df656-bda4-429c-8760-fc444017f392)
		- > Teams in 
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		  fully remote WFH mode suffer from 
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		  a limited ability to brainstorm, diffi-
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		  culty communicating, and decreased 
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		  satisfaction with social interactions. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#8d9e981c-1fff-4243-b4f9-12be6c0e1de1)