Citation
(2006), "Not so hot technology", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 55 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2006.07955fab.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Not so hot technology
Can you remember a time without mobile phones, voicemails, e-mails, text messages and other current communication technologies. Most of us like the technology – but does it make us net gainers or losers of time?
Increasingly, American workers seem to think they are the losers.
Workers in a recent survey said they were able to complete about two-thirds of their daily work assignments last year. That compares to workers in 1994 who said they were able to complete three-quarters of their work.
The survey of 1,300 workers, done by the Day-Timers organisational products company of Lehigh Valley, PA, found that 51 per cent of workers in 2005 thought they were extremely productive, compared to 83 per cent in 1994. Many of today’s workers blame fast-evolving workplace technologies for creating additional pressures and stress in their jobs, which saps productivity.