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Music at Work

Introduction

The power of music has a big impact on influencing the way the employee works. This is always referred as the work song and can either be sung or listened. Music can be connected to the task the employee is doing and has been believed from the past that it can determine the pace at which work is done. Some belief that music increases their morale when doing work and the time that be used to finish tasks is much shorter. Others think that music in work affects concentration, and the productivity of such workers is significantly reduced. In this paper, five articles on the influence of music on the employee will be reviewed to determine the actual impact of music on employees (Kimberly, 2010).

Padnani, A. (2012). The Power of Music, Tapped in a Cubicle. New York Times, 45-48.

The first article to be discussed is by New York Times written by AmishaPandanus. In this article, the influence of music in the work environment has been reviewed negatively. The author states that music makes the workers lose focus. The author supports his argument with the use of scientific evidence that argues that melodious sounds stimulate the release of dopamine in the reward area of the brain leading to wandering mind. The author uses a reflective method by looking at how other researchers have been done by doctors to determine the impact of music on employees. The article looks at the experimental research that was done by Dr. Lesiuk(Padnani,2012). The author has also stated that some people find music appealing and help them to increase their speed of work. One of the evidence of such kind of persons is by Andrew Enders, who is an insurance broker and a lawyer. Andrew argues that music helps him to balance himself as an individual and his career. The article has influence ideas in this paper that some people believe that music helps them in work while actually, experimental research has proven that this is not the case(Padnani,2012).

Gregory (2015). How music affects your Productivity .Journal of Musical works, 12-16.

The second article is “How music affects your Productivity” by Gregory Gotti. The article argues that music has become a modern day work session, and it has been found out that music helps to increase the productivity of employees. The evidence has been supported by experiments that were done and found that music improves the mood and economic productivity of workers, especially for the repetitive task. This article has fits in this paper since it supports the argument that must boost the productivity of employees (Gregory, 2012).

Mehta, R., Zhu, R., & Cheema, A. (2012). Is Noise Always Bad? Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition. Journal of Consumer Resource, 39(4), 784-799.

The “Is Noise Always Bad? Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition” is the third article to address the theme in the paper. The article argues that music has been sued to overcome boredom and that musk effectiveness depends on the immersive news of the task. Music is helpful for a repetitive work that is clearly defined as series of experiments that has been done on Assembly line workers. The author also argues that not all types of music that can work with all employees but careful selection of workers test should be done. This article has supported the theme of their paper in the impact of music in the workplace (Mehta, 2012).

Kimberly Sena Moore Ph.D. (2010). Music and Productivity: 5 Ideas for Using Music to Boost Performance Does listening to music increase productivity. Journal Of Psychology, 14-18.

Kimberly Sena Moore article “Music and productivity” has also focused on the interesting question on this paper. The author has argued that music can increase the mood and productivity, but certain things must be looked before deciding to put such play in the background. Some of the issues that must be looked are using music that has no words, choosing the music that a person likes and taking music breaks. The author has used other researches that have been done to support his argument, and it has contributed to a better understanding of how music works (Kimberly, 2010).

Cbsnews.com. (2016). Music at Work: 3 Real Productivity Benefits. Retrieved 17 February 2016, from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/music-at-work-3-real-productivity-benefits/

The last article is “Music at Work” by Dave Johnson. The authors have reflected on both issues of music such as the way people connect music with nebulous improvements in work and distraction that can be brought by such music. The article has reflected in various works that have been done by other researchers and concluded that favorite music can be energetic and lowers perception of tension. All the articles have therefore supported that music can be active in work but factors such as the choosing favorite music must be considered (Cbsnews.com, 2016).