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"Personality, Mood and Music Listening of Computer Information Systems Developers" featured for open access

Research shows work quality on the decline

By IGI Global on Mar 24, 2014
Contributed by Ann Lupold, Promotions Coordinator

Research Shows Work Quality On The Decline Labor cost is on the rise due to decline in worker productivity, according to Bloomberg, on businessweek.com. According to Federal Reserve policy makers, “Growth in economic activity paused in recent months, in large part because of weather-related disruptions and other transitory factors.” The increase in fourth-quarter labor expenses followed a 2.3 percent drop in the prior three months. Unit labor costs, which are adjusted for efficiency gains, were forecast to rise 3 percent, according to the Bloomberg survey median.

When dealing with productivity issues outside of company control, businesses must investigate different opportunities to encourage focus and development in the workplace. The article “Personality, Mood and Music Listening of Computer Information Systems Developers: Implications for Quality-of-Work" from the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) reveals an interesting study in which researchers evaluate factors impacting work quality.

Written by University of Miami affiliates Teresa Lesiuk, Alexander Ponsmi, and Peter Polak, this study was an evaluation of 32 professional computer developers in identifying personality type, trait mood, and music listening while working, in effort to determine what factors enhanced working output.

Personality type was identified using the Myers-Briggs type inventory (MBTI), an indicator developed during World War II to identify the best roles for women entering the industrial work force to find jobs most “comfortable and effective” for them [http://www.myersbriggs.org/]. Trait mood, or emotional disposition, was measured with the multiple affect adjective check list (MAACL). This list measures the individual on standardized scales for anxiety, depression, hostility, positive affect, and sensations seeking in both a temporary state and an “in general” form.

Previous studies have shown that work quality is generally improved when listening to music at work, as it may enhance mood or encourage multi-dimensional thinking. This article reports other music listening trends in the subjects as well, including findings such as extraverts listen to music twice as much as introverts, and how “feeling types” listened twice as much as “thinking types”.

In summation, “the findings and recommendations have important implications for managers of computer information systems developers and, as well, may be generalized to similar work contexts.” Download the article "Personality, Mood and Music Listening of Computer Information Systems Developers: Implications for Quality-of-Work" here.

Edited by Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (IRMA), Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) is an applied research, refereed, international journal providing coverage of challenges, opportunities, problems, trends, and solutions encountered by both scholars and practitioners in the field of information technology management.

This article is one of the thousands available on IGI Global's InfoSci®-OnDemand, which allows full-text searching through our entire collection of thousands of research articles, book chapters, and teaching cases. Refer to the previous link for additional information, or contact cust@igi-global.com. Some of IGI Global’s other publications discussing work quality management and work environments include the following:


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