What were the characteristics (eg. young/old, living conditions, jobs) of the people involved in this study?

Topic:
Business Plan

No# of Pages:
6 pages (1,500 words)

Reading Guide – Working from home

Exercise 1:
For this activity, you only need to read the Abstract and key information of the article.

1. What is the title of the article?
2. Who are the authors?
3. Provide an in-text citation for the article.
4. What did the authors want to find out?
5. Where did the study take place?
6. What were the most common health problems?
7. What lifestyle changes were identified?

Exercise 2:
For this activity, you only need to read the Results section.

1. Par 2: What were the characteristics (eg. young/old, living conditions, jobs) of the people involved in this study?
2. Par 2: Find an interesting statistic. Why do you find this interesting? How do you think it would compare to the UK? How could you find out?
3. Par 3: What were the most common health problems reported by the participants?
4. Par 5: What were the most common lifestyle changes? Were they positive or negative?

Exercise 3:
For this activity, you only need to read the Discussion and Conclusion sections of the article.  

1. Par 2: What do the authors identify as the reasons behind the problems identified in Exercise 2, Q3?
2. Par 2: How could such problems affect employers?
3. Par 5: What are the potential limitations of this study, considering when it took place? Is it possible the results could be different now?
4. Conclusion: How could employers help to minimise the challenges of working from home for their employees?
5. This article largely focused on health problems for the individual worker. What search terms could you use to find more information about other problems (for both employees and employers) and other solutions?

Exercise 4:
What evidence could you use from this study in your essay?
Which section of your essay could you use it in (Introduction, Problem, Solution)?