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A Working from Home Experiment Shows High Performers Like It Better

Harvard Business Review

The home-workers were also more productive per minute, which employees told us (in detailed surveys) was due to the quieter working conditions at home. The home-workers also reported substantially higher work satisfaction and less “work exhaustion” in a psychological attitudes survey. While many firms that depend on innovation discourage WFH because they want interaction among employees, many occupations have these same characteristics as at Ctrip.

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The 4 Dimensions of Digital Trust, Charted Across 42 Countries

Harvard Business Review

We considered four key dimensions: Behavior, Attitudes, Environment, and Experience. Attitudes : How do users feel about the digital trust environment? A typical way to gauge trust is to survey users with questions such as: How do you feel about the digital environment? We combined responses to multiple surveys from a variety of sources, such as the World Values Survey , CIGI-Ipsos, and Edelman’s Trust Barometer. Fanatic Studio/Getty Images.