Where you work does matter.

• Position: Your Life - Brief Article

Working from a home or virtual office increases performance and benefits an employee's personal life, reports E. Jeffrey Hill, associate professor of business at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Drawing information from 5,524 workers, Hill's study, "Does it matter where you work?," examines three types of employee workspace: traditional brick-and-mortar, home office, and virtual arrangements--working through electronic means "whenever or wherever it makes sense."

While the study finds that traditional office space yields negative outcomes, working from a home office positively benefits work and personal life. Though working from a virtual office has some negative influence on personal/family life, it did facilitate positive work...