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Prof. Batia Wiesenfeld discusses the impact of telecommuting on work performance

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "'What we don’t know, or we feel like it varies, is whether the benefit comes from working longer hours, or not being able to turn off, working evenings and weekends, or from something else,' [Wiesenfeld] told Reuters Health. 'It could be there’s higher wellbeing, there could be creativity benefits too,' she said. Working parents have lower stress levels when they have the option to work remotely, she noted."

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