MHR 301 Project

ryan · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

post your article references here...

ryan · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

1) http://www.externaldesign.com/office-music-in-the-workplace.html

2)http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/11970/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Derek · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

The effect of music listening on work performance

http://pom.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/173

Teresa Lesiuk
University of Windsor, Canada, tlesiuk@uwindsor.ca

Psychology of Music, Vol. 33, No. 2, 173-191 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0305735605050650
© 2005 Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research

Newman RI Jr, Hunt DL, Rhodes F.

Effects of music on employee attitude and productivity in a skateboard factory.

Title: The Journal of applied psychology
ISSN: 0021-9010 (Print)
Title Abbreviation: J Appl Psychol
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Language: English
Country: United States
Subject Term(s): Psychology
NLM ID: 0222526

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brett · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 10

I looked over a few of those, are we taking the position music helps? "Evidence is provided of the presence of a learning curve in the use of music for positive mood alteration" i thought we were going against it?

jpangburn · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Covina

i thought we were saying that i decreases productivity...i have only found one okay article...

jpangburn · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Covina

1. Armour,Stephanie. "Music hath charms for some workers -- others it really annoys; With more iPods showing up on desks, 2 camps emerge." USA Today. 24 March 2006: Money 1B. LexisNexis.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Lib., Pomona, CA. 22 Jan. 2008
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here is one of them...i am still looking for another one

jpangburn · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Covina

2. Resnick, Marc and Mark S. Daskin. "Ask the Expert." Industrial Engineer: IE 36.1 (2004): 50. EBSCOhost. California State Polytechnic University Pomona Lib., Pomona, CA. 22 Jan. 2008
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brett · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 10

Good stuff..... i just finished the other assignment it took me for ever

abbasiali · Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

1. Workplace Snapshot: iPod at Work ,
http://qa.spherion.com/press/releases/2006/IPod_at_Work_Snapshot.jsp#

2. Listening to Music While Working Improves Job Satisfaction and Productivity, Survey Says
https://www.hrtools.com/StrategicAlliances/content/november2006/Listening.asp?category=3

# 1 and 2 are almost the same
And I try to find some more databases.

Derek · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

it looks like almost everyones articles so far are in support of listening to music at the workplace.

I agree that listening with headphones or ear buds is frowned upon because you can't hear the phone or others talking to you but from personal experience I've found that listening to music over personal speakers increases employee moral.

Should we consider changing the stance to "in general, listening to music in the workplace can increase productivity and worker moral."

Puckpoom Wongsatitporn · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

Dear all,

I found 2 articles for Scholarly Journal, here below:

Harmonious relations? Music at work in the Rowntree and Cadbury factories

The history of music in the workplace is a neglected area of study. This article explores the policies towards music in the paternalist Rowntree and Cadbury confectionery factories from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century. We argue that the two firms were pioneering in their early use of music before becoming key players in the industrial welfare movement following the First World War. The broadcasting of music by Rowntree and Cadbury in the mid to late twentieth century is then placed in the context of a widespread adoption of tannoyed music in factories. We argue that music was employed as a means of easing the monotony of factory work whilst simultaneously aiming to improve productivity levels. However, as we demonstrate through oral history, women workers experienced music in ways not always in tune with management objectives.

Work cited.
Emma Robertson, Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering. Business History. Liverpool: Mar 2007. Vol. 49, Iss. 2; pg. 211

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Abstract (Summary)
To understand mind-mapping, it is important to review the functions of the 2 hemispheres of the brain. The left hemisphere deals with such areas as language, logic, numbers, reading, speech and verbal memory. The right hemisphere deals with such items as music, images, imagination, color, and pattern or map recognition. The left hemisphere concentrates on judging or evaluating ideas through a step-by-step process, while the right hemisphere is involved in idea generation. Mind-mapping is a right brain documentation technique that stimulates idea generation. To start a map, a central theme or concept should be placed in the middle of a piece of paper. The key ideas related to that concept are placed on lines around the central theme, and key ideas are quickly and efficiently captured in a free-flowing fashion. When used in a group problem-solving session, mind-mapping improves both communication and productivity. Individuals and groups can use mind-mapping in a variety of settings.

Work cited:
Manthey, Marie, Miller, Diane. Nursing Management. Chicago: Nov 1991. Vol. 22, Iss. 11; pg. 20, 2 pgs

Cameron · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

1. music increases office productivity
http://www.corel.com/futuretense_cs/ccurl/2276-110_Technics_Music_Canada_CaseStudy_WPO11.pdf

2.Music increases sporting performance levels by up to 20 per cent
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news/pressoffice/pressreleases/2005/cdata/october/Costas+music

Jason_W · Site Admin Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 20

Abboura · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

http://www.kutchka.com/products/musicincreasesproductivity.htm

Abboura · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

My second article is emailed to jason.