Friendly Workplace Linked to Longer Life

Via Scoop.it – personnel psychology

Getting along with your colleagues at work may do more than boost your productivity. It may also be a boon to your health.   Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that people who felt that they had the support of their colleagues and generally positive social interactions at work were less likely to die over a 20-year period than those who reported a less friendly work environment. Over all, people who believed they had little or no emotional support in the workplace were 2.4 times as likely to die during the course of the study compared with the workers who developed stronger bonds with their peers in other cubicles.
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