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But workplace psychologist Karissa Thacker contends that busyness does not equal productivity.
"It was counterproductive – I was working so many hours but it didn't equal productivity because it would take longer to do something," she says.
Other factors, like lower hours worked per week and lower labor force participation, make living standards in France and Germany significantly below those in the United States, in spite of almost equal productivity.
NEW YORKER Activity Does Not Always Equal Productivity | True productivity means finding the right balance between taking care of what is truly urgent and focusing on what is less pressing but will most likely add the most enduring value, Tony Schwartz writes in the Life@Work column.
Platforms like Slack allow employees to develop activity-based work styles that boost satisfaction scores, and engagement doesn't always equal productivity.
Women received tenure less often than men with equal productivity in three disciplines studied by Kate Weisshaar, a Ph.D. student in sociology at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
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Most respond well to the form-follows-function argument (although you can never entirely eliminate the "private office equals productivity" view).
Employee engagement equals emotional commitment, emotional commitment equals hard work, and hard work equals productivity.
But when women are included as equals, productivity almost always goes up.
"The Fed should set more ambitious goals for the American economy: wage growth that equals productivity growth plus inflation and a genuine recovery for all communities, especially communities of color".
However, wages may not equal marginal productivity for many reasons, making it a poor proxy and reducing the accuracy of estimated productivity loss.
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