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Physical proximity has big effects in the workplace
It needs to be managed wisely
Seeing people in person matters. Information pours off them: not just what they say but how they say it and whether they listen. Relationships form more naturally. It’s much harder to look a person straight in the pixels.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Up close and personnel”
Business September 14th 2024
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- European firms are smaller and less profitable than American ones
- Why family empires dominate business in India
- Physical proximity has big effects in the workplace
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