It is fast, efficient and it loses you productivity

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

ISSN: 1741-0401

Article publication date: 18 January 2008

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Citation

(2008), "It is fast, efficient and it loses you productivity", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 57 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2008.07957bab.006

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited


It is fast, efficient and it loses you productivity

If this sounds like a riddle, it isn’t really. The “it” in the title is “instant messaging”, another distraction for office workers who for years now have managed to use office computers for personal email and web browsing. Now, they have another way to kill (your) time as they chat directly to their online buddies. Isn’t technology wonderful!

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