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Loneliness is an issue that organisations tend to overlook, despite it deeply affecting employees' performance and underlying HR costs, a workplace researcher says.

On the health side, lonely employees are more likely to experience burnout, says RMIT senior lecturer Dr Shea Fan.

But loneliness also impedes performance; it affects employees' attention, making them "more likely to make mistakes", she tells HR Daily.

Due to its nature as a low-activation emotion, however, loneliness receives less attention than other issues, Fan says...