Go with the flow

Janssens, Sabine; Zaytsev, Vadim

doi:10.1145/3550356.3559101

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“…planning the timing of meetings carefully and allowing sufficient time blocks for focused work). Although resilience to distractions can help employees recover from negative incidents and experience more positive emotions and flow (Janssens and Zaytsev, 2022; Zubair and Kamal, 2015), mitigating the harmful effects of constant interruptions requires not only individual practices but also an initiative from management to support employees’ ability to focus deeply on their work. This includes acknowledging the discrepancy in what is regarded as meaningful and productive use of time in different roles and the tradeoff between facilitating individual flow and team productivity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…if the interruption helps solve the task at hand) (Abad et al , 2018). Furthermore, the ability to maintain flow and get back into the flow after an interruption can be considered an important skill (Janssens and Zaytsev, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Motivation is important for improving employees’ job satisfaction and decreasing turnover intentions. Furthermore, fostering employees’ creative potential and ability to experience flow is important for organizational innovation and gaining competitive advantage (Janssens and Zaytsev, 2022; Zubair and Kamal, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the barriers that prevent workers in the software industry from experiencing flow in their work. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted by using a qualitative critical incident technique-inspired questionnaire. Findings The findings suggest that workers in the software industry perceive that the most obvious obstacles to experiencing flow are related to work not presenting enough cognitive challenges and situational barriers related to the characteristics of the job (e.g. workdays having too many interruptions and distractions, timetables often being considered too tight for creative exploration and problem solving and having negative user experiences with development tools). Originality/value The findings provide insights into flow barriers, specifically barriers that prevent workers in the software industry from experiencing flow.

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