Two universities joined the request of Kaspersky Lab and came to the conclusion that smartphones can be a source of distraction at work, being responsible for a decrease in productivity. The solution may be in the implementation of hours “free phone”.
Although smartphones allow us to have permanent contact with our colleagues, the always updated mailbox and ease in solving urgent problems, end in fact, for making us less productive when we are working on our desk. This is the conclusion of a psychological research conducted by the University of Würzburg and the University of Nottingham-Trent, requested by Kaspersky Lab.
These experiments found a correlation between productivity levels and the distance between participants and their smartphones. When they were away from their devices, their performance improved 26%. The experiments tested the behavior of 95 people between 19 and 56 years old in laboratories located at the Universities of Würzburg and Nottingham-Trent. The experimental conditions and gender of study participants were properly balanced
The research involved participants to submit to a concentration test under four different conditions:. With the smartphone in your pocket, desk, locked in a drawer and out of the room. The results were significant: the concentration was lower when smartphones were the secretaries, but the performance in the test was improving as the distance against the device increased. In general, the test results concluded that there was an improvement of 26% in the performance of subjects when smartphones were removed from the chamber.
However, and contrary to what was expected, the absence of smartphones do not let the nervous participants. Anxiety levels were consistent in all experiments, although women have proved more anxious. The researchers conclude why the anxiety levels at work are not influenced smartphones (or lack of them), but may be altered depending on the gender.
“Previous studies have shown that, on the one hand, separating a person over the phone has its negative effects on the emotional level – such as increased anxiety – although other hand, other studies also conclude that the presence of these devices distracts them. In other words, both the presence and the absence of the smartphone can endanger human concentration, “says Jens Binder of the University of Nottingham-Trent. “With this study we found that the absence of the smartphone improves concentration,” adds Astrid Carolus University of Würzburg.
The results of this experiment are in line with the conclusions of Kaspersky in recent research on “Memento Digital at work”. Also in this study the researchers Kaspersky Lab find that digital devices can have a negative impact on levels of concentration. Among other things, it was concluded, for example, to take notes on digital devices during meetings decreases the level of understanding of what is really happening at the meeting. Prohibit digital devices in the workplace is not an option, but the results of this experiment – associated with “Digital Amnesia at Work” – allow companies to have a clearer vision of what can be done with a view to increasing the productivity of employees <. / p>
“instead of having permanent access to their smartphones, the productivity of employees of a company can be crafted to create a period of time where they are not used – ‘free phone’. That is, by implementing rules for meetings without smartphones and without computers, “said Alfonso Ramirez, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab Iberia. “Companies should also be aware that in the current hiperconetado business environment, low levels of concentration can become a security problem. The advanced attacks that target a specific, for example, are found only to employees are aware with regard to emails with unusual and unexpected content. It is therefore essential that organizations carry out safety promotion initiatives – such as training to raise awareness among employees about these issues -., Want to use smartphones at work or not
Kaspersky Lab has during the past two years, investigated the effects of digitalisation in society, and how the digitization of processes makes people more vulnerable to crimes online.
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