The benefits – and pitfalls – of working in isolation
- Written by Agustin Chevez, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre For Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Few work environments offer greater isolation than Antarctica. Shutterstock
In October a researcher at the remote Bellingshausen Station in Antarctica allegedly stabbed a colleague. Some reports attributed the incident to the victim giving away the endings of books the attacker was reading.
Other reports identify the cabin fever effect as a possible...
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