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The Role Plants Play In Productive Office Life

The Horizons Tracker

It found that even a small plant can have a positive impact on the stress levels of workers. Stress reduction. Stress is at almost epidemic levels in the workplace, so employers the world over are looking for effective and efficient ways of buffering stress levels among workers. Something to care for.

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When Clinicians Know They’re Being Watched, Patients Fare Better

Harvard Business Review

The “Hawthorne effect,” as it is now known, has been well-documented in social science : individuals, typically research subjects, actively change their behavior when they know they are being observed and monitored. Creating more quiet work spaces that facilitate focus on clinical tasks may also be effective.