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Team Bonds Can Secure Loyalty Among Gig Workers

The Horizons Tracker

In this experiment, nearly 28,000 drivers in three cities participated, and drivers were shown either their team ranking or individual ranking within their team, while those in the control condition only saw their individual performance information. The results of this experiment showed the importance of team identity in motivating drivers.

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How Eating Together Can Form Bonds Within A Team

The Horizons Tracker

Eating together In The Social Brain , Robin Dunbar outlines how food has historically played a crucial role in this bonding process. “We can see the important role our kitchen space has played in helping team members bond and get to know each other since the return to office working post-pandemic,” Iwata says.

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March Madness or a time to bond and engage at the workplace?

HR Digest

Estimates put 60 million Americans participating in filling brackets and almost 22 million professionals participating in office pools. The tournament is a perfect opportunity for colleagues to bond in the workplace. There is a great collective bond, but that does not mean routine tasks are ignored.

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A Few Words About Participation Awards

Lead Change Blog

The best example she uses is the distribution of participation trophies which insure that what one receives, all receives. This is similar to the concept in many lower education school programs that everyone must receive recognition for something, hence the idea of participation trophies and other vague commendations. In Academia.

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Stay Sharp: Mastering Interpersonal Dynamics as a Remote Worker

Rich Gee Group

Cultivate Relationships in a Digital Realm Remote Team Bonding : Actively participate in or initiate online team-building activities. These interactions, though brief, keep you connected and informed. Use Slack, Zoom, or email to keep these exchanges fresh and exciting.

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How Volunteering Helps Us Connect With Others At Work

The Horizons Tracker

The first is by boosting the bonds between employees, and the second is to create a better sense of identification between the employer and employees. The authors believe that enrollment could be improved if employees get a clear sense of meaning and purpose from participating. Boosting uptake.

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How To Stop Robot Colleagues Undermining Team Performance

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research from the University of Michigan suggests, however, that so useful are robots becoming that we are developing emotional bonds with them. What’s more, the researchers suggest that these bonds can be detrimental to relationships with colleagues as we can become more attached to our robotic colleagues than our human ones.

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