The Gleaner (Jamaica):
In-school productivity campaign/millennials & telecommuting ? productivity myths busted by recent research
15 January 2018
A study conducted in 2013 by Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics at Stanford University, and graduate student James Liang, who is a co-founder of Chinese travel website Ctrip, proved that working at home increased productivity and should be encouraged in the business environment. The study involved 249 employees in the airfare and hotel departments of the Shanghai Call Center who volunteered to work from home for nine months. Half the volunteers would telecommute, while the rest remained in the office as a control group.