Interrupting People at Work Might Be a Good Thing

A new study found that interrupting your coworkers when they’re in the middle of work might actually be a morale booster. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati found it makes people feel like an important part of the team. They interviewed more than 100 employees every day for three weeks, and asked about their sense of belonging, how mentally drained they were and their overall job satisfaction. They also asked if they’d been interrupted at all that day. It turned out they were more likely to say they liked their job and felt like a valuable member of the team if they’d been interrupted a lot.