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"Many CEOs forbid use of social media at work, but recent research shows that web surfing leads to increased productivity.\nThis Keas infographic explores the benefits of social media in the workplace, showing that social connections make people happier and a brief recess involving Internet-browsing increases productivity.\nAn Academy of Management experiment gave three groups of people \u2014 a control group bundling sticks, a group taking an Internet-free break and a group browsing the Internet for 10 minutes \u2014 the simple task of highlighting as many letter A's as they could among 2,000 words of text.\nThe three groups then had their mental exhaustion measured. Those browsing the  Internet were 16% more productive than the Internet-free break group and 39% more productive than the control group.\n\nSEE ALSO: 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere\nThe study concludes that taking a break, particularly one spent browsing the Internet, should be encouraged by employers hoping to increase productivity.\nDo you use Facebook at work? Does it negatively or positively affect your concentration? Sound off in the comments.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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