Distractions in the office environment of start-up companies
Tiutiunnikov, Lev (2018)
Tiutiunnikov, Lev
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019061116526
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The rapid technological development along with the expansion of open-plan offices have
turned the modern workplace into the place where productivity is constantly exposed,
given high probability of distractions. Every year, leading world’s economies lose billions
because of distractions, and the tendency does not seem to stop in the near future. The
objectives of this study were (a) to find various types of distractions, different distractions
as such, and evaluate their impact on productivity in the office environment; and (b) to
find the most common distractions that occur in start-up environments and the way they
are treated.
The mandatory theoretical base for qualitative research was obtained with secondary
data. It included, but was not limited to, data about productivity, common distractions in
the modern workplace, and various solutions used to deal with distractions. Afterwards,
primary data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, with the number of
three companies altogether represented by total of six people. The interviewees represented
different, yet suitable for the research companies, since research required representatives
of start-up companies. Primary data collection was ended at the point where
data saturation was reached.
The results demonstrated the most common distractions that appear in the studied companies,
the distractions that ahead of time were encountered in secondary data analysis.
By the end of the study, the most common distractions for both big companies and startups
were defined; the tendencies of their probability were outlined; and various techniques
to cope with distractions were presented.
turned the modern workplace into the place where productivity is constantly exposed,
given high probability of distractions. Every year, leading world’s economies lose billions
because of distractions, and the tendency does not seem to stop in the near future. The
objectives of this study were (a) to find various types of distractions, different distractions
as such, and evaluate their impact on productivity in the office environment; and (b) to
find the most common distractions that occur in start-up environments and the way they
are treated.
The mandatory theoretical base for qualitative research was obtained with secondary
data. It included, but was not limited to, data about productivity, common distractions in
the modern workplace, and various solutions used to deal with distractions. Afterwards,
primary data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, with the number of
three companies altogether represented by total of six people. The interviewees represented
different, yet suitable for the research companies, since research required representatives
of start-up companies. Primary data collection was ended at the point where
data saturation was reached.
The results demonstrated the most common distractions that appear in the studied companies,
the distractions that ahead of time were encountered in secondary data analysis.
By the end of the study, the most common distractions for both big companies and startups
were defined; the tendencies of their probability were outlined; and various techniques
to cope with distractions were presented.