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South Africa: Locals are 'workaholics'

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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(From iAfrica.com) A survey conducted in five countries shows that South African professionals in a typical workday spend most hours at their job.

The 2010 LexisNexis International Workplace Productivity Survey released on Wednesday found that South African professionals spent on average 9.5 hours of their day in the office.

Their counterparts in the United States spent 8.8 hours at their job while in the United Kingdom professionals were in the office for 8.2 hours.

In China and Australia 8.1 hours and 8.6 hours of time spent in the office were recorded respectively.

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The study was fielded from June 2010 to July 2010 in South Africa among 300 professionals, the knowledge and information provider said.

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