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Internet temptation at work lowers employee productivity

The average mistake (measured as the absolute difference between the correct answer and the subject’s answer) in the No Willpower Treatment (NWT) and Willpower Treatment (WT) groups in Phase 1 and Pha... read more

Want Higher Productivity? Stop Treating Employees Like Children

But a new study done by a team of economists reports that, even if they’re working, it’s the the temptation of the forbidden Internet that actually lowers ... competing for your employees’ attention, ... read more

Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It’ll make you a better employee ... Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who behave with Interne... read more

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

If you think that banning web surfing at work will improve your employees' productivity, think again. In new research on the effects of temptation ... some employers have banned private Internet use a... read more

Email and the Internet Are the Dominant Technological Tools in American Workplaces

Some see these tools as increasing productivity ... more likely than those in lower income households to rate mobile phones as “very important” (28% v. 15%). For those who work away from their home-ba... read more

Smartphones Are Making You Slack Off at Work

According to a new survey from CareerBuilder of 2,186 hiring managers and 3,031 full-time employees ... productivity. Almost half of employers (48%) said smartphone distractions compromised the qualit... read more

Shaping the Internet Age

Large companies can connect with employees ... them to join with others to buy products at lower prices, and bid competitively around the world. The Internet has already revolutionized the way we live ... read more

Driven to distraction: What causes cyberloafing at work?

With the rise in virtual work teams, flexible work arrangements, and personal electronic devices in the workplace, the opportunities for cyberloafing — using the Internet ... temptation to cyberloaf m... read more

The Work-at-Home Controversy May Never Go Away

One irked employee sent an anonymous e-mail to the technology blog AllThingsD saying the new policy is "outrageous and a morale killer." Wharton faculty members who specialize in issues pertaining to ... read more

5 Ways To Improve Quality and Productivity in Your Work and Personal Lives

Resist the temptation to initially clear up the small things. If you start working on lower ... increased productivity and quality, but taking more breaks is correlated with higher employee ... read more

Employee Engagement: Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

CEO Marissa Mayer’s directive to terminate work-from-home ... revenue and profit, lower employee turnover, better customer service, and so on. Really, it’s an impressive list of benefits. Who wouldn’t ... read more

What employees really need at work

Consider this: · More than two of five college students and young employees we talked to said they would accept a lower ... Internet connectivity into that “Hierarchy of Needs” Abraham Maslow identifi... read more