The Real Reason Some Bosses Oppose Working from Home The study on narcissistic leaders' aversion to remote work is the latest salvo in a long standing battle for control and status within corporate hierarchies.
Behind the pushback against working from home lies a more insidious motivation: the need for leaders to assert their dominance over employees.
Recent research by Wharton School researchers Marissa Shandell, Courtney Elliott, and Adam Grant analyzed 259 Fortune 500 executives, surveying their public statements on remote work and using established indicators of narcissism.