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Study reveals employees are more than happy working from home

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 28 May 2020, 10:52AM
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Study reveals employees are more than happy working from home

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 28 May 2020, 10:52AM

We've had a taste of what it's like to work from home and many of us want more.

A new Otago University study of more than 2500 New Zealanders, shows 73 percent were equally or more productive working from home.

Almost 90 percent want to continue working from home - at least part of the time post lock-down.

Senior Lecturer in Management Paula O'Kane told Mike Hosking people can manage stress better when they're given more control.

She says it might not be a case of everyone lifting their computers and moving home, but it's important to have that conversation.

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