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A new study should be the final nail for open-plan offices

  • Written by Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%.


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