Chit Chat with Friends Office Create Longevity

TALKING with coworkers can be a drug restorer tired of the routine work. It also can significantly increase lifespan.
A 20-year study found that people who reported having low friendships at work, 2.4 times more likely to die during the study compared a smart co-workers get along.
The study examined 820 adult workers aged 25-65 years who worked an average of 8.8 hours a day to take part observing their health records. Participants drawn from various backgrounds to take into account various risk factors of psychological, behavioral, or physiological, such as smoking, obesity and depression. Different fields is also a scope of work, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
The participants were asked about their relationships with superiors and peers in the workplace, such as whether their colleagues friendly and approachable. Of the participants who died during the study, the most common in people who have poor social relationships with coworkers.
Lack of emotional support at work increased 140 percent risk of death within the next 20 years than those who relate well with colleagues.
"We spend most of the time since waking up at work and we do not have much time to meet friends of friends in addition to the office.Work should be a place where people can get the necessary emotional support, "explains Dr. Sharon Toker from the Department of Organizational Behavior, Tel Aviv University's Leon Recanati, study leader.
He added, this study confirms the perception that emotional support is the strongest indicator of the health of someone in the future. While building a conducive environment, Dr. Toker said that many workplaces could not be facilitated.
Although the office wearing an open concept, many workers use e-mail than face to face communication. Worse, social networking sites that can provide significant social connections, often blocked.
To create a friendly atmosphere for the health office, he suggested the corner coffee (coffee corner) where people can gather to sit and talk, like a social outing for the workers or the informal social networks like Facebook's internal cyberspace.
"This is where employees can discuss stress and personal problems that could ultimately affect their position in the workplace," he said, as reported by Dailymail, Monday (08/08/2011).

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