Caught Twittering or on at work? Itll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
上班時上Twitter或網被撞見？這會讓你成為一個更優秀的員工。澳大利亞一項研究表明，上班時上網娛樂能夠提高工作效率。
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.
這項由墨爾本大學開展的研究顯示，上班時因個人原因上網的人的工作效率比不上網的人高出9%。
Study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said "workplace Internet leisure browsing," or WILB, helped to sharpened workers concentration.
研究負責人、墨爾本大學管理和營銷系的布蘭特·科克說：“工作時的網路休閒（WILB）”有助於集中員工的注意力。
"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," Coker said on the universitys website
科克在發表於該大學網站的研究報告稱：“人們需要開個小差來重新集中他們的注意力。”
"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.
他說：“短時間且無傷大雅的休息，如迅速瀏覽網頁，可以讓大腦得到放鬆，讓人精力更加集中地完成一天的工作，並最終提高工作效率。”
According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB.
在受訪的300名員工中，有70%的人稱自己在上班時會上網休閒。
Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news sites, playing online games and watching videos on .
其中最常見的網路休閒活動包括查詢產品資訊、瀏覽新聞網站、玩網路遊戲以及在上觀看視訊等。
"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity," said Coker. "Thats not always the case."
科克說：“一些公司花費數百萬購置監控軟體，防止員工看視訊、上社交網站或線上購物。以為這樣可以彌補生產效率低下造成的`巨大損失，但事實並非如此。”
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.
但科克指出，該研究調查的是適度上網、或上網時間不到總工時20%的人。
"Those who behave with Internet addiction tendencies will have a lower productivity than those without," he said.
他說：“那些上網成癮的人的工作效率自然要低於其他人。”
