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Millions of Americans who once spent their days in offices are now entering their fourth month of full-time

telework commuting to their new desks in their basements or corners of living rooms, often

while also trying to take care of children whose schools, summer camps, and daycares are closed.

Other workers, meanwhile, are outfitting themselves with masks and hand sanitizer and cautiously returning to

their long empty cubicles. In addition to being a public health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic

has proven to be a forced, unplanned experiment in mass telework and work family conflict.

How is it turning out for American office workers? Have we been more or less productive?

And what might be the effects on the future of work? Welcome to speaking of psychology, the

flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association. I'm Kim Mills. Our guest today is Dr.

Kristen Shockley, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Shockley has spent her career studying the intersection of work and family life.

She's conducted research on how employees balance work and family demands,

how work family conflict affects people's health, and how dual career couples navigate work and family roles.

When the COVID-19 crisis hit, she realized that the upheaval caused by school and office

closures made those questions even more pressing, and she set out to investigate how workers

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