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The influence of dogs on the work climate, the community and people's wellbeing in the office and prerequisites under which companies can benefit from the presence of dogs

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The influence of dogs on the work climate, the community and people’s wellbeing in the office and prerequisites under which companies can benefit from the presence of dogsThis paper studies the effects of dogs on the work climate, the work community and employeewellbeing in the office setting and looks into under which circumstances companies can benefit from pet-friendly policies. Based on an inductive research approach, interviews were used as data collection.Results indicate that dogs can lower stress for employees, increase communication and foster higher social cohesion if a flexible organizational culture and policies with job autonomy, open communication and trial and error mentality is in place. But if companies are inflexible, allowing pets at work can create more pressure and stress for the employees.

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Human-dog relationship Pet-friendly policies

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