Informal communication in organizations: work time wasted at the water-cooler or crucial exchange among co-workers?

T Koch, N Denner - Corporate Communications: An International …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Previous research assumes that informal communication may be highly relevant for
organizations, but little is known about its actual relevance for employees or its functions and …

[HTML][HTML] Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: scoping review

Y Huang, S Benford, H Blake - Journal of medical Internet research, 2019 - jmir.org
Background There is a clear public health need to reduce office workers' sedentary
behaviors (SBs), especially in the workplace. Digital technologies are increasingly being …

“You don't meet anybody when walking from the living room to the kitchen”: informal communication during remote work

B Viererbl, N Denner, T Koch - Journal of Communication …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to analyze the structures, forms and functions of informal
communication in telecommuting settings. Previous research on telecommuting has not …

Effects of individual differences in blocking workplace distractions

G Mark, M Czerwinski, ST Iqbal - … of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Information workers are experiencing ever-increasing online distractions in the workplace,
and software to block distractions is becoming more popular. We conducted an exploratory …

Distracting moments in videoconferencing: A look back at the pandemic period

M Lee, W Park, S Lee, S Lee - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced workers around the world to switch their working
paradigms from on-site to video-mediated communication. Despite the advantages of …

Feeling stressed and unproductive? A field evaluation of a therapy-inspired digital intervention for knowledge workers

K Chow, T Fritz, L Holsti, S Barbic… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Today's knowledge workers face cognitively demanding tasks and blurred work-life
boundaries amidst rising stress and burnout in the workplace. Holistic approaches to …

How blocking distractions affects workplace focus and productivity

G Mark, S Iqbal, M Czerwinski - … of the 2017 ACM International Joint …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Information workers are faced with ever-increasing online distractions in the workplace.
Website blockers are one solution toward preventing unwanted distractions. We conducted …

Overcoming distractions during transitions from break to work using a conversational website-blocking system

VWS Tseng, ML Lee, L Denoue… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Work breaks--both physical and digital--play an important role in productivity and workplace
wellbeing. Yet, the growing availability of digital distractions from online content can turn …

Two Birds with One Phone: The Role of Mobile Use in the Daily Practices of Remote Information Work

V Das Swain, S Williams, A Fourney… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Without the constraints of traditional work environments, information workers can work
anywhere, but also any way—interleaving nonwork activities into work hours and vice versa …

Breaking the cornucopian paradigm: Towards moderate internet use in everyday life

K Widdicks, D Pargman - Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The Internet and digital devices are increasingly embedded in our everyday lives. The
hidden environmental impacts of this infrastructure are substantial and quietly growing at an …