四、閱讀測驗
       A gradual reverse migration is under way, from Zoom to the conference room. Wall Street firms have been amongthe most forceful in summoning workers to their offices, but in recent months even many tech titans—Apple, Google,Meta and more—have demanded staff show up to the office at least three days a week.
       David Atkin and Antoinette Schoar, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Sumit Shinde of theUniversity of California, Los Angeles, randomly assigned data-entry workers in India to work either from home orthe office. Those working at home were 18% less productive than their peers in the office.
       Michael Gibbs of the University of Chicago and Friederike Mengel and Christoph Siemroth, both of theUniversity of Essex, found a productivity shortfall, relative to prior in-office performance, of as much as 19% for theremote employees of a large Asian IT firm. Another study determined that even chess professionals play less well inonline matches than face-to-face tilts. Yet another used a laboratory experiment to show that video conferences inhibitcreative thinking.
       From the stance of employees, several surveys have found employees are willing to accept pay cuts for the optionof working from home. Having satisfied employees on slightly lower pay, in turn, might be a good deal for corporatemanagers. For many people, then, the future of work will remain hybrid. Nevertheless, the balance of the work weekis likely to see more people returning to the office instead of working from home—not because bosses enjoy seeingemployees in traffic, but because better productivity lies in that direction.
【題組】16. Which industry is leading the movement from remote work back to the office?
(A) Tech industry
(B) Wall Street firms
(C) Asian IT firms
(D) Research institutions