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A new study should be the final nail for open-plan offices

Written by Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University

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Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%.

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A new study should be the final nail for open-plan offices

55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short

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The Missing Link credited by Microsoft for discovery of high-severity Power BI vulnerability (CVE-2026-21229)

Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study

Traditions of Rural Bali at Villa Sabana

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2025 Thryv Business and Consumer Report - Australian small businesses show grit under pressure

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