Alotofpaniesencourageemployeestotakeshortbreakstorechargeandboostenergylevelsthroughouttheworkday.Butnewresearchissayingthatthese"microbreaks"unrelatedtoworkmayactuallybemakingyoucounterproductive.

很多公司都會(huì)鼓勵(lì)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(guò)最新的研究顯示，如果這些休息和工作無(wú)關(guān)的話(huà)，反而會(huì)影響工作效率。

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

美國(guó)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(píng)論》說(shuō)，如果休息的時(shí)候是在查看家里人在忙些什么或者打私人電話(huà)的話(huà)，那么這樣的休息反而會(huì)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(huà)，比如在午休的時(shí)候進(jìn)行頭腦風(fēng)暴，或者表?yè)P(yáng)一個(gè)同事，那么他們?cè)谛菹⒑缶駮?huì)更加振奮。“這種觀(guān)點(diǎn)想說(shuō)明的就是，如果你一直處于工作狀態(tài)中，那么你將會(huì)做得更好，感覺(jué)也會(huì)更加良好。”

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

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