Working to the Beat: A Self-Regulatory Framework Linking Music Characteristics to Job Performance

Keeler, Kathleen R.; Cortina, José M.

doi:10.5465/amr.2016.0115

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“…According to the results obtained in each test, it is evident that the performance of all participants was affected in presence of a loud musical stimulus, with predominance in task and processes where planning and VWM was required. These turns out to be in agreement with Thompson et al, (2012) in that music affects the correct performance of certain cognitive functions with a high attention demand, such as reading comprehension; although to this, Keeler & Cortina (2018), add that, like it has been seen, music can also negatively alter the performance of mental functions related to planning processes and working memory, as it is seen in the results of Table 5.…”

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“…In a study conducted in the United States in the decade from 2000 to 2010, it was reported that around of 70% of the full-time workers listen to music during working hours (Keeler & Cortina, 2018). In addition, Haake (2011) reported that a higher number of full-time workers in the United Kingdom claimed to listen to music around 30% of their working hours.…”

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The effect of listening to loud music in the performance of three higher-level cognitive functions

Villamizar

Guerrero-Arenas

Bustamante

et al. 2020

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For some people, listening to music can be a pleasant collateral activity during working hours. Occasionally considered to be an important stress reducing strategy in situations when planning, and decision making are required. For that reason, in this work we seek to assess the effect of listening to music at sound pressure levels Leq of 74 to 78 dB-A, in three higher-level cognitive functions: planning, inhibition and visuospatial working memory, in a group of 22 young adults 22 to 39 years old from Mexico City using a two-phase quasi experimental design. During phase 1, all participants were screened for good hearing health through a standard pure-tone audiometry, and then performed four neuropsychological tests while listening to loud music. During phase 2, participants performed the same neuropsychological tests applied during phase 1, but without presenting the musical stimulus in a quiet laboratory environment with a background noise level Leq of 24 to 30 dB-A. In both phases participants were also physiologically tested for possible stress markers. The results demonstrate that listening to loud music might negatively affects daily life cognitive abilities like planning, inhibition, and visuospatial working memory.

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The effect of listening to loud music in the performance of three higher-level cognitive functions

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Bustamante

et al. 2020

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“…Music can also affect the breadth of someone's attention through its emotional effects, says Kathleen Keeler, an organizational psychologist at the Ohio State University in Columbus who studies the pros and cons of listening to music at work. For instance, listening to complex songs in minor keys activates regions the brain that boost the release of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, that prompt negative emotions, she says 7 . Negative moods are more likely to narrow the scope of a person's attention, she adds, by enhancing inhibitory control, the ability to focus on a particular goal and avoid distractions 7 .…”

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“…For instance, listening to complex songs in minor keys activates regions the brain that boost the release of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, that prompt negative emotions, she says 7 . Negative moods are more likely to narrow the scope of a person's attention, she adds, by enhancing inhibitory control, the ability to focus on a particular goal and avoid distractions 7 .…”

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Sounds of science: how music at work can fine-tune your research

Forrester¹

2023

Nature

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When it comes to access to music, this is a golden age. "You have an armada of music at your disposal at all times," says Manuel Gonzalez, an organizational psychologist at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. It would take someone until the twenty-seventh century to listen to the 100 million or so songs currently available on the streaming service Spotify -without ever listening to a song twice, or to whatever is added from now on.

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“…At the commute level, daily diary studies involving interventions (Michiels & Onghena, 2019; Ohly et al, 2010) may be conducted to manipulate, for example, commute characteristics and investigate their consequences. For instance, music features (i.e., key, complexity, tempo, volume, and lyrics) might be used to induce psychological stimulation during a commute (see Keeler & Cortina, 2020), as it is possible to listen to music almost everywhere. At the organizational level, naturally occurring episodic changes associated with large-scale organizational transformation represent an opportunity to conduct quasi-experimental field studies.…”

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Autonomous or controlled self-regulation, that is the question: A self-determination perspective on the impact of commuting on employees’ domain-specific functioning

Gerpott

Rivkin

Unger

2022

Organizational Psychology Review

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The few studies that have considered psychological processes during the commute have drawn an ambiguous picture, with some emphasizing the negative and others the positive consequences of commuting. Drawing on self-determination theory, we develop a framework that expands on the costs and benefits of commuting for employees’ subsequent domain-related functioning at work and home. Specifically, we propose employees’ basic needs satisfaction and processes of autonomous and controlled self-regulation as mechanisms that explain how psychological commute characteristics spill over to domain-related functioning through experienced subjective vitality. In doing so, we introduce a taxonomy of psychological commute characteristics and highlight the importance of separating these underlying subjective characteristics from objective aspects of the commuting environment. Our research encourages scholars to conduct within- and between-person studies to examine how the objective commute environment and associated psychological commute characteristics affect employees’ self-regulation. Plain Language Summary What happens during the commute does not stay within the boundaries of the commute: Aversive experiences such as being stuck in a traffic jam may spill over to lower engagement in work or home activities. Similarly, positive incidents such as flowing to work uninterruptedly can positively impact subsequent experiences such as flowing (i.e., being fully engaged) when performing tasks at work or at home. How can this be explained? Our article suggests that commuters enter motivational states when going and coming from work. For instance, they feel that everything is going easy and under one's control (autonomous self-regulation) or they feel that the commute is effortful and externally determined (controlled self-regulation). These motivational states influence subjective vitality after the commute, which in turn predicts how employees function at work or at home. Importantly, while objective aspects of the commute environment (for instance, the length of one's commute or one's means of transportation) have an impact on these motivational states, we argue that they do so via psychological commute characteristics perceived by the commuter. We focus on the latter and predict employees’ motivational state during the commute in the form of the fulfillment of their basic needs (i.e., feeling autonomous, competent, and related during the commute) as determined by different psychological commute characteristics (decision latitude, psychological stimulation, social characteristics, physical aspects, insecurity). Our work can inspire research that investigates why different employees perceive their commute differently as well as why the same employee may experience different motivational states during their commute from day to day. We end with practical recommendations for communities, organizations, and the commuter themselves.

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Working to the Beat: A Self-Regulatory Framework Linking Music Characteristics to Job Performance

Cited by 14 publications

References 140 publications

The effect of listening to loud music in the performance of three higher-level cognitive functions

The effect of listening to loud music in the performance of three higher-level cognitive functions

Sounds of science: how music at work can fine-tune your research

Autonomous or controlled self-regulation, that is the question: A self-determination perspective on the impact of commuting on employees’ domain-specific functioning

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