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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料女性工作效率更高一托福阅读机经背景Girlsrule:AnexperimentconductedbythePonemonInstitutehasfoundthatwomenemployeesworkharderandlongerthanmen,andgetlessdistractedintheoffice.Womenemployeesworkharderandlongerthanmendo,accordingtoanewstudybyindependentresearchconsultancythePonemonInstitute.Amongthesubjec
2、tsthattookpartintrialsacrosstheUS,femalesconsistentlyworkedforalongerperiodoftimeduringaten-minuteexperimentthantheirmalecolleagues.Researchersalsodiscoveredthatmenareevenlessproductivewhenwomenarearound.Theexperimentwasoriginallyintendedtoobservetheeffectof3Mprivacyfilters-thinpanelsthatfitont
3、oamonitor,allowingonlytheusertoviewtheircomputerscreen-onproductivityintheworkplace.Butthestudyendeduprevealingthatwithorwithoutaprivacyfilter,womenaremoreproductivethanmenintheworkplace.Ofthe274subjects,whoallworkedinfinancialservices,consumerproducts,education,healthcareandenergy,approximatel
4、y53percentofthesubjectswerefemale,and47percentweremale.Whenworkingwithaprivacyfilter,femalesworked4.9minutesduringaten-minuteexperimentaltrial,whilemenworked4.3minutes.Andevenwithoutaprivacyfilter,femalesworked2.5minutesduringtenminutes,whilemalesubjectsworkedforjust2.1minutesinthesameamountoft
5、ime.Notonlydowomenworklonger,buttheyalsoapparentlyworkharderthantheirmalecounterparts.Whensubjectsweregiventheopportunitytowalkawayduringanexperimentalwaitingperiod,just38percentofwomenlefttheirdesk,while52percentofmendid.Moreover,menwerefoundtobelessproductiveifawomanwasaround.Whentheresearche
6、randsubjectwerebothmale,theaveragetimeworkedwas3.6minutes.Whentheywerebothfemale,productivityrosetofourminutes.Butwithafemaleresearcherandamalesubject,thetimeworkeddroppedtojust2.8minutes.独立研究咨询机构波耐蒙研究所的一项新研究称，女职员工作比男职员更努力，工作时间也更长。美国各地参与试验的人当中，女性在长达10分钟的试验中工作的时间始终比男同事要长。研究人员还发现，当周围有女性时，男性的工作效率会
7、变得更低。该试验的初衷是为了观察3M隐私过滤器对于提高办公室工作效率的效果。隐私过滤器是安装在监视器中的一个薄板，让其他人无法看到职员的电脑屏幕——除了用户本人。然而，研究结果揭示，不管有没有隐私过滤器，女性在工作场所的工作效率都比男性更高。参与试验的274个人工作的领域覆盖了金融服务业、消费品行业、教育业、医疗保健业和能源产业，其中约有53%为女性，47%为男性。在安装上隐私过滤器时，女性在10分钟的试验里工作时间为4.9分钟，而男性工作时间为4.3分钟
