Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive, study finds

• Return-to-office mandates are often not succeeding in making companies more profitable.
• That's according to a new paper that looks at how RTO mandates impact productivity and performance.
• If RTO mandates are hard to enforce, they probably don't make sense for that workplace.

Return-to-office mandates may not be doing what bosses want them to do.

A new paper from researchers at the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh examines whether pushing employees into the office increases productivity and performance.