Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study found that workers who used instant messaging on the job reported less interruption than colleagues who did not. The study challenges the widespread belief that instant messaging leads to an increase in disruption." id="metasummary
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Have you ever walked into your child's room and found him or her tapping away madly at the keyboard? Wondering what in the heck is going on? I can assure you that they are not working on the next great American novel.
As useful as the telephone, more immediate than email, instant messaging is transforming communications at Gallaudet University and changing the way IBM does business. By Katie Dean.