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Around December, last year, we got a subscription to Popular Science. This month's issue has an article from Jason Daley, "Science Confirms the Obvious 2008," that ". . . uncover(s) hidden truths in conventional wisdom." Among the findings that Daley reports is one from Professor Dov Eden, an organizational psychologist from Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management, who is studying people who stay connected while on vacation.
For the past ten years, Prof. Eden has been studying “respite effects,” which measure relief from chronic job stress before, during, and after vacations away from the workplace. Electronic connectivity exacts a price from those who stay wired into the office while away from work. It marks the end of true “respite relief,” says Prof. Eden, and is a cause of chronic job stress.
What is his opinion?
“Among many employees we have studied over the years we have found that those who detach from their back-home work situation benefit the most from their respite,” says Prof. Eden. “Moreover, these individuals are probably less likely to experience job burnout. It’s the ones who can’t detach from the constant flow of job demands that are most likely to burnout.
And:
“If I were a manager, I would insist that my employees leave their cell phones at work during vacation and not check their email while away,” Prof. Eden warns. “In the long run, the employee will be better rested and better able to perform his or her job because true respite affords an opportunity to restore depleted psychological resources.
He believes that more, shorter vacations benefit employees (and employers) the most.
If you want a vacation that will limit your cell usage, I would highly recommend a cruise: It's hard to get a signal in the middle of the ocean.
Isn't it amazing the things you learn when you aren't reading the same things every day? :-)
Link: Professor Dov Eden: Burning Out? Try Logging Off
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