Not always avoid relationships with colleagues is the best way to make better work. One of this opinion, the sexologist Norwegian Elsa Aalmas who published a study on the online magazine “Dagens Næringsliv” in which it stated that anyone who maintains a relationship with a colleague brought it to work harder just to spend more time with partner. Norwegian study showed that one in five admits to having entertained romantic relationships with colleagues and one in ten couples formed in the workplace. Love in the office makes it more focused, more energetic and even push to adopt a more professional demeanor.
The research was deepened by a team of researchers led by Italian sexologist Serenella Salomoni on behalf of the Association “Women and the Quality of Life. The Italian study considered 480 individuals between 25 and 55 years reach the same conclusion of Norwegian twins: 65% of women surveyed admitted to have become more productive following the introduction of the report. Who has a partner among colleagues also claims to go to the office and more willing to remain longer than necessary. But that’s not all one person in seven states that have refused job offers even more advantageous to remain near his beloved / o.
But not all the data emerging from research are not so encouraging: in fact the few romantic relationships between colleagues who occupy the same hierarchical level in the office. Many women (65%) had an affair with a “higher”, and one in three of them admit to aspiring to a career. Only 15% of women surveyed had an affair with a colleague who occupies a position hierarchically lower than theirs. Are 20%, finally, the relationship between peers? While 12% admit to tolerate the reports, so to speak, instrumental, 24% say they understand the link located in this situation. Stands still for 43% of women surveyed who considered that such a report not too disinterested “frivolous”.