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Checking Work Email outside of Work Hours is Insidious | William Becker.

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Checking Work Email outside of Work Hours is Insidious | William Becker.

William Becker, a Virginia Tech associate professor of management in the Pamplin College of Business, talks with Les Sinclair about the study he co-authored a new study, detailing how being “always-on” at work is insidious.  The paper: “Killing me softly: electronic communications monitoring and employee and significant-other well-being,” shows that such expectations result in anxiety, which adversely affects the health of employees and their families.
Online Links: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-employer-emailexpectations.html
OR https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-08/vt-meo080618.php

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