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Always On Responses Can Lead to Poor Performance Among Professionals

  • Forbes, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:28 PM
Answering work emails and text messages after hours may seem like a way to get ahead at work, but it can actually hurt performance, says psychology professor Larissa Barber. In a recent survey, Barber discovered that 81 percent of workers say they have checked work email on the weekend and a third of workers respond to work emails within 15 minutes. This response to what she calls "telepressure" can lead to employees feeling burned out and unfocused, which can lead to doing a poor job.

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