Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news sites, playing online games and watching videos on YouTube. - YAHOO
SHOOT: It's not healthy, but I am able to sit for hours at my desk simply by jumping from work to a quick zone out to check the latest news feed. It's more productive than going for a smoke break because you're likely to catch your emails immediately. As someone whose job is to understand the web environment I have learnt probably the most via social networking and through nips and tucks to my own websites.
However, Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation, or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. - YAHOO
MELBOURNE (Reuters Life!) –
Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.
Study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said "workplace Internet leisure browsing," or WILB, helped to sharpened workers' concentration.
"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," Coker said on the university's website (www.unimelb.edu.au/)
"Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet, enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a days' work, and as a result, increased productivity," he said.
According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB.
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