Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
上班時上Twitter或Facebook網被撞見?這會讓你成為一個更優秀的員工。澳大利亞一項研究表明,上班時上網娛樂能夠提高工作效率。
The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.
這項由墨爾本大學開展的研究顯示,上班時因個人原因上網的人的工作效率比不上網的人高出9%。
Study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said "workplace Internet leisure browsing," or WILB, helped to sharpened workers' concentration.
研究負責人、墨爾本大學管理和營銷系的布蘭特·科克說:“工作時的網絡休閑(WILB)”有助于集中員工的注意力。
"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," Coker said on the university's website
科克在發表于該大學網站的研究報告稱:“人們需要開個小差來重新集中他們的注意力。”