{"659080":{"#nid":"659080","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why so anxious? Return-to-office uncertainties are stressing us all out, but experts say there\u2019s a simple fix","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmerican workers are anxious,\u0026nbsp;and navigating the ongoing uncertainty around management\u0026rsquo;s return-to-office expectations is only making things worse. As more Americans establish a hybrid work routine, many are struggling to understand employer expectations in this new working world order. What relics from our past work lives remain? And what is thrown out in the rebooting process? It\u0026rsquo;s confusing \u0026mdash; and at times anxiety-inducing.\u0026nbsp;Adding to the uncertainty is the argument some CEOs keep making that workers absolutely need to be in the office to recapture the same level of productivity as before the pandemic.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s just not true,\u0026rdquo; says\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/kimberly-french\u0022\u003E Kimberly French\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-24 17:01:31","changed_gmt":"2022-06-24 17:01:31","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/why-anxious-return-office-uncertainties-160125331.html","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"180261","name":"Kimberly French"},{"id":"190846","name":"return to work"},{"id":"190847","name":"work from home"},{"id":"190848","name":"post-pandemic workplace"},{"id":"190849","name":"industrial\/organizational psychology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}