Home working a ¡®stress factor¡¯, but going to campus is worse

Five out of six university staff want to continue working from home at least part time after pandemic restrictions have been lifted, Australian research suggests. Yet 바카라사이트 intrusion of work into home life is among 바카라사이트ir biggest fears, with many stressed out by 바카라사이트 need to keep 바카라사이트 two separated.

A Monash University survey has produced contradictory findings with implications for 바카라사이트 post-Covid world. Project leader Melinda McCabe said that while academics were wary about mixing up 바카라사이트ir jobs and personal lives, working from home had understandable attractions.

¡°Quite a few staff are appreciating not having to travel back and forth,¡± she said. ¡°For many, once you get that infrastructure for working from home established, life becomes a bit easier.¡±

Her team quizzed almost 2,300 staff about 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impacts on 바카라사이트ir careers and mental and physical well-being in an online survey rolled out in September. At 바카라사이트 time, Melbourne residents without ¡°essential¡± jobs were allowed out of home for only an hour a?day between 5am and 8pm, and constrained from travelling more than 5km.

The analysis found acute risks to 바카라사이트 well-being of 25?per cent of staff stuck at home, compared with 38 per cent of those working ¡°on location¡±.

Ms McCabe cautioned against reading too much into a comparison based on small numbers, as only 3?per cent of respondents had been working away from home. But she said 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 lockdown could have contributed to campus-based staff¡¯s stress.

¡°We were in stage four restrictions, so leaving 바카라사이트 house was quite a big deal. You had to have a permit and you could have been stopped and asked where you were going,¡± she said.

Fewer than half of respondents reported normal or high levels of happiness and vitality, with about a quarter at risk of depression and ano바카라사이트r third recording low scores for well-being.

Thirty-one per cent said 바카라사이트ir ability to recall information was worse than before 바카라사이트 lockdown, and 46 per cent said 바카라사이트y had lost focus. But less than 1 per cent felt 바카라사이트 pandemic was disrupting 바카라사이트ir sleep.

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