Employees ‘struggle to switch off from working’

Feb 6 Employees ‘struggle to switch off from working’

A quirky new study has suggested that for most employees the desire to access work emails or social network sites is stronger than cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and sex.

That is the finding of research conducted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, which asked 205 adults to don devices that recorded a total of 7,827 reports about their daily desires.

It found that while the desires for sleep and sex were the strongest, the desires for work and media were, in fact, the hardest to resist.

Wiklhelm Hofmann, assistant professor at Chigaco University and author of the report, said that the study shed led on the "pervasive tension between natural inclinations to rest and relax and the multitude of work and other obligations".

On a broader level, Mr Hofmann added: "Modern life is a welter of assorted desires marked by frequent conflict and resistance, the latter with uneven success."

The study may comes as a surprise to employers, many of whom struggle to motivate their workers to go above and beyond the call of duty.

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