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Your team wants to work from home. All you have to do is keep them connected

9 May 2018

Although telecommuting is not yet universal, its adoption by technology giants and startups is very telling. Accordingly, many perks account for the meteoric rise of this nascent shift. On the employees’ side, remote working means avoiding traffic jams, flexibility and more time for life outside works. Employers save overhead costs and can hire from a larger pool of talents. In a study conducted by Stanford University professor Nicholas Bloom, more employees and employers are confirming that remote workers are more productive. In a nutshell, it is a win-win situation.

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Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese experiment, Nicholas Bloom, James Liang, John Roberts and Zhichun Jenny Ying, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(1), February 2015

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