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Mehr machen, weniger planen!
(2018)
The number of studies on work breaks and the importance of this subject is growing rapidly, with research showing that work breaks increase employees’ wellbeing and performance and workplace safety. However, comparing the results of work break research is difficult since the study designs and methods are heterogeneous and there is no standard theoretical model for work breaks. Based on a systematic literature search, this scoping review included a total of 93 studies on experimental work break research conducted over the last 30 years. This scoping review provides a first structured evaluation regarding the underlying theoretical framework, the variables investigated, and the measurement methods applied. Studies using a combination of measurement methods from the categories “self-report measures,” “performance measures,” and “physiological measures” are most common and to be preferred in work break research. This overview supplies important information for ergonomics researchers allowing them to design work break studies with a more structured and stronger theory-based approach. A standard theoretical model for work breaks is needed in order to further increase the comparability of studies in the field of experimental work break research in the future.
Work breaks are known to have positive effects on employees' health, performance and safety. Using a sample of twelve employees working in a stressful and cognitively demanding working environment, this experimental field study examined how different types of work breaks (boxing, deep relaxation and usual breaks) affect participants' mood, cognitive performance and neurophysiological state compared to a control condition without any break. In a repeated measures experimental design, cognitive performance was assessed using an auditory oddball test and a Movement Detection Test. Brain cortical activity was recorded using electroencephalography. Individual's mood was analysed using a profile of mood state. Although neurophysiological data showed improved relaxation of cortical state after boxing (vs. 'no break' and 'deep relaxation'), neither performance nor mood assessment showed similar results. It remains questionable whether there is a universal work break type that has beneficial effects for all individuals. Practitioner Summary: Research on work breaks and their positive effects on employees' health and performance often disregards break activities. This experimental field study in a stressful working environment investigated the effect of different work break activities. A universal work break type that is beneficial for this workplace could not be identified.
Wissenschaft trifft Praxis
(2017)
Die Glücksforschung befasst sich primär mit einzelnen Konstrukten wie Arbeitszufriedenheit oder subjektivem Wohlbefinden. Allerdings fehlt ein zusammenhängendes Konzept, um die Erkenntnisse in der Praxis umzusetzen. Daher wird ein Bedürfnismodell vorgestellt, das sich nach ersten empirischen Untersuchungen als geeigneter Indikator für Wohlbefinden erweist. Außerdem lassen sich daraus konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen ableiten.
Objectives: To prevent an accumulation of strain during work and to reduce error risk, many countries have made rest breaks mandatory. In the nursing literature, insufficient rest break organization is often reported. However, the outcomes of nurses’ rest break organization and its anteceding factors are less clear. Data sources: We searched for academic literature on nurses’ rest break organization in electronic databases (PubMed, Medline, PsycArticles, PsycINFO, CINAHL). Review methods: Our search yielded 89 potentially relevant articles published between 01/1990 and 04/2016. The final sample in our scoping review consisted of 36 publications and included data from 35 independent and international study samples and two reviews. Results: Several studies reported a high prevalence of missed, interrupted, or delayed rest breaks in nursing. Nurses’ rest breaks often related to better physical and mental well-being but mainly did not affect motivational outcomes and performance. Results on the effects of napping breaks were inconsistent. Rest break activities and rest break areas are further factors that relieve nurses from job demands and can be helpful in coping with them. Several study results indicated that temporal and quantitative work demands, job resources, and individual characteristics influence rest break organization. However, most of these findings stem from studies that do not allow causal conclusions to be drawn. Conclusions: Well-designed rest breaks influence nurses’ occupational well-being and behavior positively. However, the mechanisms and moderating break-, work-, and person-related factors involved in producing these effects are less well understood. Thus, further theory building and stronger empirical data are needed.
Im Zusammenhang mit der Rhythmisierung des Schulalltags spielen Pausen eine wichtige Rolle. Dass Pausen für die Regeneration und Wiederherstellung der Leistungsfähigkeit bedeutsam sind, scheint allgemein anerkannt. Die Autoren fassen im folgenden Beitrag zusammen, welche wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse es über die Effekte der Gestaltung und der Dauer von Pausen gibt.
This article concerns with human-computer-interaction (HCI) from a neuroscientific perspective. The motivation for this perspective is the demographic transition, which shifts population structures of industrial nations. The authors will explain consequences of the demographic transition in terms of HCI and establish a hypothesis for these research activities. To evaluate this hypothesis the authors develop an approach, which combines different disciplines. This approach examines the effects of IT-accessibility on human cognitive processing. Therefore, required methodologies and instruments will be explained, discussed and selected. Possible effects of IT-accessibility on human cognitive processing will be illustrated with an acknowledged cognition model. The result of this article will be a concept, which enables the measurement of IT-accessibility impacts on human cognitive processing.
An Experimental Field-Study on Active and Passive Work Breaks in a Stressful Work Environment
(2017)
Work breaks are known to have positive effects on employees’ health, performance, and safety. However, prior research has focused mainly on their timing, duration, and frequency but less on break activities. Moreover, most studies examined work breaks in rather repetitive and physical demanding work. Thus, we conducted an experimental field study with a sample of employees’ working in a stressful and cognitive demanding working environment and examined how different types of work breaks (boxing, deep relaxation, and usual breaks) affect participants’ mood, cognitive performance, and neuro-physiological state.
Das Neuromarketing als die interdisziplinäre Verbindung von neurowissenschaftlicher Forschung und der Marketinglehre erfreut sich zunehmender Beliebtheit. Einzelne Studien zeigen neue Erkenntnisse, weshalb bestehende Ansätze und Theorien des Marketings neu überdacht werden sollten. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in das Neuromarketing und die Neurowissenschaft wird eine neue Bedürfnistheorie – SCOAP – als Ansatzpunkt für das Neuromarketing vorgestellt. Die Ausführungen werden abschließend mit einem Praxisbeispiel anhand der Apple Inc. veranschaulicht.
The case for basic human needs in coaching: A neuroscientific perspective - The SCOAP Coach Theory
(2014)
