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News, Quotes, Com panies, Vi deos SEARCH Monday, August 22, 2011 As of 12:00 AM New Y ork 80 º| 66º MANAGEMENT T oday' s P aper Vi deo Blogs J ourn al C om m unity Subscribe Comments (12) MORE IN MANAGEMENT » Available to WSJ.com Subscribers MANAGEMENT  AUGUST 22, 2011  Web Surfing Helps at Work , Stu dy Says Asia  Europe  Earnings  Economy  Health  La w  Autos  Management  Media & Marketing  Energy  CFO Journal  1 o f 12 Head of S&P to Resign 2 of 12 Obama to Scale Back Business Regulations 3 of 12 Ford, Toyota Team Up on Hybrids for De TOP STORIES IN Business U.S. Edition Home Wo rld U.S. N ew Y ork Business Markets T ech Personal Fin ance Li fe & C ul ture O p i nion C areers R eal Estate Small Business  More Industries Article Libya and the Arab Spring The White House will release final plans for cutting hundreds of regulations, an effort the administration estimates will save businesses some $10 billion over five years. Obama to Cut Business Regulations H-P Needed to Evolve, CEO Says DA Moves to  Abandon Strauss- Kahn Charges Most Popular Video Email Print 255 2,325 JOIN THEDISCUSS ION 12 Comments, add yours MOREIN Management » ByR A C H E L E M M A S I L V E R M A N Don't feel guilty about browsing the Internet at work—turns out it may ac tually improve your perfor  mance .  According to a new study, Web browsing can actually refresh tired work ers and enhance their productivity, compared to other activities such as making personal calls, texts or emails, le t alone working straight through with no rest at all. The study, "Impact of Cyberloafing on Psychological Engagement," by Don J.Q. Chen and Vivien K.G Lim of the National University of Singapore, was presented la st week in San Antonio, Texas, at th e ann ual me eting of the Academy of Management, an asso ciation of management scholars. The researchers conducted two studies. In the first, they assigned 96 undergraduate management students into on e of thr  ee groups—a control gr  oup, a "rest-break" group and a Web-surfing group . Al l subjects spent 20 min utes hig hlightin g as many letter e's as they could find in a sample text. For the next 10 minutes, the control group was assigned another simple task; members of the rest-break group could do whatever they pleased, except surf the Internet; and the third group could browse the Web. Afterward, all of the subjects spent another 10 minutes highlighting more letters. The researchers found that the Web-surfers were significantly more productive and effective at the tasks than those in the other two groups and reported lower levels of mental exhaustion, boredom and higher levels of engagement. "Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function," the authors said. Personal emailing, by contrast, was particularly distracting for workers. The second study, which surveyed 191 adults, found similar results. Why is Web-surfing more restorative than, say, responding to a friend's email? When browsing the Internet, people "usually choose to visit only the sites that they like—it's like going for a coffee or snack break. Breaks of such nature are pleasurable, rejuvenating the Web surfer," wrote Dr. Lim, in an email. By contrast, workers can't control the kinds of email they receive, and reading and replying to each message is "cognitively more demanding, relative to Web surfing, as you need to pay attention to what is said on the email," she added. Because Web-surfing can aid productivity, the researchers caution employers against over- restricting workers' Web access. They recommend that managers allow time for limited personal Web browsing "since it has a salubrious impact on employees' productivity," while limiting access to personal emails. Write to Rachel Emma Silverman at [email protected] Save Log In converted by Web2PDFConvert.com

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