A study reveals that people who work from home have
lower rates of stress and burnout
Telecommuting increasingly common through technological development seems to be the best solution to stress and worker called burning syndrome or burnout. This emerges from a study by a group of researchers from the School of Business at the University of Durham (UK) to be presented today in the British town of Oxford.
According to research, based on responses from 749 employees of British companies related to knowledge, such as consulting, financial services, media, 43% of workers who perform work from home assured suffer stress because of their employment, versus 65% for those who perform their work in the office.
However, teleworkers are generally concerned about the risk of remote play work involves a loss of job opportunities to be disconnected from the area where decisions are made.
In any case, the study reveals a clear link between telework and welfare of workers.
"At least in the case of those working in companies based in the
knowledge, work from home is an antidote to the stress of the office itself, but may be at the expense of lower levels of development
professional, "said Tom Redman, lead author of the study.
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