Comments on: Social Media in the work place http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-media-in-the-work-place Collection of thoughts about project management and other important things Wed, 16 May 2012 09:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shim Marom http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/#comment-784 Shim Marom Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:02:45 +0000 http://quantmleap.com/blog/?p=686#comment-784 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">quantmleap: Social Media in the work place http://is.gd/gKFV9 #pmot #ftpm #pmp</span></span> quantmleap: Social Media in the work place http://is.gd/gKFV9 #pmot #ftpm #pmp

]]> By: joshnankivel http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/#comment-136 joshnankivel Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:21:51 +0000 http://quantmleap.com/blog/?p=686#comment-136 Thanks Shim. I also sent the authors an email requesting more information. I'm curious about things like whether this was self-report data or not, how productivity was defined and measured, controlling for things like the Hawthorne effect, double-blinding, etc. Thanks Shim. I also sent the authors an email requesting more information.

I’m curious about things like whether this was self-report data or not, how productivity was defined and measured, controlling for things like the Hawthorne effect, double-blinding, etc.

]]> By: shim marom http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/#comment-135 shim marom Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:02:52 +0000 http://quantmleap.com/blog/?p=686#comment-135 Thanks Josh. Agree with your comments. I had the same concerns regarding the method used to arrive at the Melbourne University Study's conclusions. I have contacted the university and asked to get a copy of the full study. Having waited for awhile and not getting any response I decided to go ahead and publish my post but if I ever get a reply I will post an update. I suspect, like you, that the results were driven by subjective interpretation and not based on objective measurements. Cheers, Shim. Thanks Josh. Agree with your comments. I had the same concerns regarding the method used to arrive at the Melbourne University Study’s conclusions. I have contacted the university and asked to get a copy of the full study. Having waited for awhile and not getting any response I decided to go ahead and publish my post but if I ever get a reply I will post an update. I suspect, like you, that the results were driven by subjective interpretation and not based on objective measurements.

Cheers,

Shim.

]]> By: joshnankivel http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/#comment-134 joshnankivel Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:18:16 +0000 http://quantmleap.com/blog/?p=686#comment-134 Interesting post Shim. I referenced a Stanford study in a post I did a while back that contradicts the first one you cited and agrees with the third. <a href="http://pmstudent.com/chronic-media-multitasking" rel="nofollow">Do Your Project Teams Suffer From Chronic Media Multitasking?</a> The reporting on that Melbourne study seems to be lacking. There are no details about how they measured the data and what the controls were. Why no link to the abstract and/or study itself? My first reaction is that Dr. Coker seems to making leaps in his interpretation (after listening to the audio interview). There seem to be a lot of assumptions they are making. Another important distinction is that the Stanford study was carried out by scientists, and the Melbourne study occurred with management & marketing people. From what I can find so far, especially with the lack of any protocol description from Melbourne, my confidence in the Melbourne study is lacking. Josh Nankivel <a href="http://pmstudent.com" rel="nofollow">pmStudent.com</a> Interesting post Shim. I referenced a Stanford study in a post I did a while back that contradicts the first one you cited and agrees with the third.

Do Your Project Teams Suffer From Chronic Media Multitasking?

The reporting on that Melbourne study seems to be lacking. There are no details about how they measured the data and what the controls were. Why no link to the abstract and/or study itself? My first reaction is that Dr. Coker seems to making leaps in his interpretation (after listening to the audio interview). There seem to be a lot of assumptions they are making.

Another important distinction is that the Stanford study was carried out by scientists, and the Melbourne study occurred with management & marketing people. From what I can find so far, especially with the lack of any protocol description from Melbourne, my confidence in the Melbourne study is lacking.

Josh Nankivel
pmStudent.com

]]> By: Shim Marom http://quantmleap.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-in-the-work-place/#comment-137 Shim Marom Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:58:49 +0000 http://quantmleap.com/blog/?p=686#comment-137 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Check out and RT my new blog post #pmot "Social Media in the work place | quantmleap" ( http://bit.ly/7GY0Pi ).</span></span> Check out and RT my new blog post #pmot "Social Media in the work place | quantmleap" ( http://bit.ly/7GY0Pi ).

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