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Wharton study finds remote work erodes crucial office small talk

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A study by Wharton researchers involving 760 employees has revealed that the casual interactions typically found in office environments are diminishing due to remote work. These informal exchanges, often overlooked, play a crucial role in building relational capital among colleagues. The findings suggest that the shift to remote work is negatively impacting this aspect of workplace dynamics. AI

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Wharton study finds remote work erodes crucial office small talk

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Bilin Lin ·

    Wharton researchers studied 760 employees—and found an inconvenient truth about remote work

    The office small talk you were glad to escape was doing a job—and remote work is wearing it down, a Wharton professor's study finds

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