(From PRWEB) — WORKetc founder, Daniel Barnett, reveals that smart business owners are setting up remote teams with the right tools and systems to benefit from increased productivity. “The research (O’Leary, M & Mortensen, M. 2008, Sloan Management Review) confirms what we have instinctively known for years and what smart business owners are already putting into practice,” Barnett said. “Take a person from your team, make them remote and productivity improves. But split that same team into different locations with multiple people at each location and you will see friction.” The recent paper from O’Leary and Mortensen studied 62 teams of 6 members, divided into various combinations of remote groups. When just one person was remote, the entire team was found to be more disciplined in how and when the group communicated. But switch around teams to include groups of remote workers and the team quickly becomes fractured with any gains in productivity quickly eroded. Read more.

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The Surprising Truth About Remote Teams