EMail Overload: IBM Study Reveals NZ Office Workers Stressed by Irrelevant Emails

Check out this new study released by IBM. Here’s the link:

A few excerpts:

” As many as 45 percent of the 629 surveyed respondents, all of whom are in a management role, agree that having too many irrelevant emails in their inbox makes for a stressful workplace…”

“Perhaps more worrying, the majority of respondents admitted that they have deliberately chosen to hide behind email, with 68 percent acknowledging they have sent an email when a phone call or a face to face meeting would have been more appropriate.”