The degree of cultural optimism (on the country level) and level of situational optimism are important factors for success when working from home. A recent study led by Prof. Michal Biron (School of Business Administration) with researchers from ORT Braude College and Ramat Gan College, found that employees from countries with high optimism scores, like Israel, adapted more quickly to working from home during the pandemic. The research, recently published in Sustainability Journal, may prove especially useful for policymakers as well as managers of global organizations when developing country-specific work from home policies. READ MORE IN THE MARKER (in Hebrrew) 

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