Alotofpaniesencourageemployeestotakeshortbreakstorechargeandboostenergylevelsthroughouttheworkday.Butnewresearchissayingthatthese"microbreaks"unrelatedtoworkmayactuallybemakingyoucounterproductive.

很多公司都會鼓勵員工在工作累了就休息一下，等精神恢復(fù)了再繼續(xù)工作。不過最新的研究顯示，如果這些休息和工作無關(guān)的話，反而會影響工作效率。

CharlotteFritz,anassistantprofessorinpsychologyatPortlandStateUniversity,tellsHarvardBusinessReviewthattheseshortbreaks—checkinguponyourfamilyormakingpersonalphonecalls—were"sometimesevenassociatedwithincreasedweariness."

美國波特蘭州立大學(xué)的心理學(xué)助理教授CharlotteFritz告訴《哈佛商業(yè)評論》說，如果休息的時候是在查看家里人在忙些什么或者打私人電話的話，那么這樣的休息反而會讓人感到更加疲勞。

However,whenworkerstookbreaksthatwererelatedtowork—suchasbrainstorminganideaduringlunchorevenpraisingacolleague—theyweremorelikelytobeenergizedafterward."Theideaseemstobethatwhenyou’reinthemiddleofwork,you’lldobetterandfeelbetterifyoufocusjustonwork."

然而，如果員工的休息是和工作相關(guān)的話，比如在午休的時候進行頭腦風(fēng)暴，或者表揚一個同事，那么他們在休息后精神會更加振奮?！斑@種觀點想說明的就是，如果你一直處于工作狀態(tài)中，那么你將會做得更好，感覺也會更加良好?！?/p>

WhenFritzlookedintovacations,shefoundthatthistimeoffwasgoodforemployees'well-beingandhealth,butthatoncethevacationwasover,thebeneficialeffectsassociatedwithitfadeprettyquickly—withintwotothreeweeks.Togetthemostoutofyourvacationdays,shesaysitmightbebettertotakeseveralshortvacationsthroughouttheyearratherthansavingthemallupforone,longbreak.

當(dāng)Fritz研究放假對員工的影響時，她指出放假對于員工的身心都是有益的，不過一旦假期結(jié)束，這種益處就會在兩到三周內(nèi)很快消退。要更好地利用放假帶來的好處，那就最好多放幾次小長假，而不是把所有假期集中到一起放一個大假。