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What is the secret to happiness? Well, it may be switching off email notifications on your smartphone, say researchers who found that people who automatically receive emails on their devices report high levels of ‘email pressure’.
Since the creation of emails in the 1970s, its growth has been unprecedented, facilitating quick and easy communication between people across borders and time zones, for both business and personal use.
However, despite its widespread usage and popularity as a communication tool, for some individuals and employers, it can be a source of major frustration, anxiety and lost productivity, the researchers said.
The research also highlighted some interesting group differences in the role personality plays in the experience of email and how email has the potential to both positively and negatively impact work-life balance.
People who reported higher levels of email pressure also experienced greater interference between work and home.
Researchers found that personality plays a key role in determining how much email pressure one feels and the extent to which it interferes with work-life balance.
“You may want to consider launching your email application when you want to use email and closing it down for periods when you don’t wish to be interrupted by incoming emails. In other words, use email when you intend to, not just because it’s always running in the background,” researchers said.
Switch off email notifications on your phone to reduce stress | health and fitness | Hindustan Times
Since the creation of emails in the 1970s, its growth has been unprecedented, facilitating quick and easy communication between people across borders and time zones, for both business and personal use.
However, despite its widespread usage and popularity as a communication tool, for some individuals and employers, it can be a source of major frustration, anxiety and lost productivity, the researchers said.
The research also highlighted some interesting group differences in the role personality plays in the experience of email and how email has the potential to both positively and negatively impact work-life balance.
People who reported higher levels of email pressure also experienced greater interference between work and home.
Researchers found that personality plays a key role in determining how much email pressure one feels and the extent to which it interferes with work-life balance.
“You may want to consider launching your email application when you want to use email and closing it down for periods when you don’t wish to be interrupted by incoming emails. In other words, use email when you intend to, not just because it’s always running in the background,” researchers said.
Switch off email notifications on your phone to reduce stress | health and fitness | Hindustan Times
