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Tidy or messy: Which is better? It dependsAP Photo: Dale Wetzel, File
A secretary in the North Dakota governor's office cleans the desktop of the lieutenant governor. Whether you work in messy or neat surroundings can affect your behavior, according to a study.
4 hr ago By Anastasia Poland of MSN News
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Working in an organized environment drives very different behavior than working in a disorganized one, researchers have found.
The sort of environment in which you work and play may influence your behavior more than you think.
Study findings published in the journal Psychological Science by researchers at the University of Minnesota indicate that people in a tidy environment tend to follow the rules, choose healthier foods, donate more and behave more as expected by society.
Those immersed in less orderly surroundings tend toward more creative behaviors, choosing novel products over known ones and offering up more inventive ideas.
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Psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs and co-authors Joseph Redden and Ryan Rahinel had study participants work on questionnaires in two settings — a clean office space and a messy office space.
After their tasks were completed, both sets of participants were offered a snack — either an apple or chocolate. They also were asked if they wanted to donate some of the money they made in the study to charity. The clean office subjects made more socially acceptable decisions — choosing the apple and making generous donations — over their messy office counterparts.
In a separate investigation, the two sets of subjects were asked to come up with alternative ways to use a ping pong ball.
The messy office subjects consistently provided more creative ideas, as judged by an independent panel. Also, when given a choice of trying a new product over using a known one, the messy office subjects chose more often to go for something new.
""Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights,"" Vohs concluded in the study. ""Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.""
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The locations of the offices played no role in the results, as the researchers used six locations for the study, said Vohs. ""Just making that environment tidy or unkempt made a whopping difference in people’s behavior.""
Concluded Vohs, ""We are all exposed to various kinds of settings, such as in our office space, our homes, our cars, even on the Internet. Whether you have control over the tidiness of the environment or not, you are exposed to it and our research shows it can affect you.""
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Tidy or messy: Which is better? It dependsAP Photo: Dale Wetzel, File
A secretary in the North Dakota governor's office cleans the desktop of the lieutenant governor. Whether you work in messy or neat surroundings can affect your behavior, according to a study.
4 hr ago By Anastasia Poland of MSN News
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Working in an organized environment drives very different behavior than working in a disorganized one, researchers have found.
The sort of environment in which you work and play may influence your behavior more than you think.
Study findings published in the journal Psychological Science by researchers at the University of Minnesota indicate that people in a tidy environment tend to follow the rules, choose healthier foods, donate more and behave more as expected by society.
Those immersed in less orderly surroundings tend toward more creative behaviors, choosing novel products over known ones and offering up more inventive ideas.
Related: Cute pics improve work skills, according to study
Clutter, conformity and creativity at work
22 hr ago Views: 4
Psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs and co-authors Joseph Redden and Ryan Rahinel had study participants work on questionnaires in two settings — a clean office space and a messy office space.
After their tasks were completed, both sets of participants were offered a snack — either an apple or chocolate. They also were asked if they wanted to donate some of the money they made in the study to charity. The clean office subjects made more socially acceptable decisions — choosing the apple and making generous donations — over their messy office counterparts.
In a separate investigation, the two sets of subjects were asked to come up with alternative ways to use a ping pong ball.
The messy office subjects consistently provided more creative ideas, as judged by an independent panel. Also, when given a choice of trying a new product over using a known one, the messy office subjects chose more often to go for something new.
""Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights,"" Vohs concluded in the study. ""Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.""
Related: Does your office command respect?
The locations of the offices played no role in the results, as the researchers used six locations for the study, said Vohs. ""Just making that environment tidy or unkempt made a whopping difference in people’s behavior.""
Concluded Vohs, ""We are all exposed to various kinds of settings, such as in our office space, our homes, our cars, even on the Internet. Whether you have control over the tidiness of the environment or not, you are exposed to it and our research shows it can affect you.""
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Tidy or messy: Which is better? It dependsAP Photo: Dale Wetzel, File
A secretary in the North Dakota governor's office cleans the desktop of the lieutenant governor. Whether you work in messy or neat surroundings can affect your behavior, according to a study.
4 hr ago By Anastasia Poland of MSN News
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Working in an organized environment drives very different behavior than working in a disorganized one, researchers have found.
The sort of environment in which you work and play may influence your behavior more than you think.
Study findings published in the journal Psychological Science by researchers at the University of Minnesota indicate that people in a tidy environment tend to follow the rules, choose healthier foods, donate more and behave more as expected by society.
Those immersed in less orderly surroundings tend toward more creative behaviors, choosing novel products over known ones and offering up more inventive ideas.
Related: Cute pics improve work skills, according to study
Clutter, conformity and creativity at work
22 hr ago Views: 4
Psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs and co-authors Joseph Redden and Ryan Rahinel had study participants work on questionnaires in two settings — a clean office space and a messy office space.
After their tasks were completed, both sets of participants were offered a snack — either an apple or chocolate. They also were asked if they wanted to donate some of the money they made in the study to charity. The clean office subjects made more socially acceptable decisions — choosing the apple and making generous donations — over their messy office counterparts.
In a separate investigation, the two sets of subjects were asked to come up with alternative ways to use a ping pong ball.
The messy office subjects consistently provided more creative ideas, as judged by an independent panel. Also, when given a choice of trying a new product over using a known one, the messy office subjects chose more often to go for something new.
""Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights,"" Vohs concluded in the study. ""Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.""
Related: Does your office command respect?
The locations of the offices played no role in the results, as the researchers used six locations for the study, said Vohs. ""Just making that environment tidy or unkempt made a whopping difference in people’s behavior.""
Concluded Vohs, ""We are all exposed to various kinds of settings, such as in our office space, our homes, our cars, even on the Internet. Whether you have control over the tidiness of the environment or not, you are exposed to it and our research shows it can affect you.""
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