Along for lunch at the office, it is not only fun, but also very good to be better working together. As an employer, to encourage people to eat together, this seems to be a good idea. There is, however, something to. "Too much emphasis is put on the other kind should be found, it can only be counter-productive," says gedragsonderzoeker Kevin Kniffin.
Whether it's a bammetje at your desk, or a lavish meal with fellow co-workers for lunch during the day, we do it all. To make a virtue of necessity, and often in cooperation with colleagues at the table to eat it. To be a good time to talk about your weekend, or just that one project.
But it's not fun. Along lunch also promotes co-operation, according to research conducted by the American Cornell University in 2016. Gedragsonderzoeker Kniffin, and his team followed the 395 firefighters, 13 fire stations. Together for lunch, it was not required, however, in half of the cases, but set the standard. What was the result? Fire-fighters, who, together, have lunch, could be better to work together than those that separate from each other, with their food enough.
“to have Lunch works much better than the tours. You will learn to know each other better, without the need of free time to spend on them to get there.”Kevin Kniffin, gedragsonderzoeker
in the Uk, designed to make colleagues work together, often focusing on the moments after a crisis. "It takes a lot of costs, and most importantly, you ask quite a lot of your co-workers to in their free time, to do things with peers," explains Kniffin, off. "Together, we will have lunch seems like a good bridge between the beat and you will learn to know each other better, without the need of free time to spend on them to get there."
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a Lot of businesses are also avid users of them. For a small fee, arrange for the employers to have lunch in cafeteria for employees at a lower cost to their snacks to pick. "To encourage more employers and their people to work together to the table," said Kniffin. The companies hope to be the best employer or work colleagues to put together, but there has been very little research into which companies are to be returned to you.
you can Also use the results of the Kniffin and his colleagues call for more research. "The firefighters are a unique group. It is often, literally, life or death, and, therefore, co-operation, it is very important to us." First, you will need a similar survey for the other professional groups, need to be done before it can be hóé good people to work with. "But that will change for the better, that's for sure."
One of the weaknesses of the study is that it involved a questionnaire that asked about the co-operation. However, there is no answer on the question of whether the co-operation has been enhanced by my colleagues to eat together, or that they are just more likely to eat together because they love each other and it's best to work with. By other groups to test it, you can see if it is for other groups."
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However, not everyone wants to be in all the hustle and bustle of the lunchtafel. Research from the University of Toronto found that the most important thing for everyone to have their own choice to make. More than 150 members of staff, two to four weeks were asked about their lunchgewoontes, and how they feel about this town. Especially the forced nature of eating together took a lot of energy. Give to the employees, therefore, have a choice: do you want to be together at the table, and the scents and the colours of your weekend and tell them? Please feel free to. Prefer to be alone in a corner? Is also very good.
“Some people have seen colleagues and their friends, and others as people with whom they work.”Kevin Kniffin, gedragsonderzoeker < / p> Kniffin (who is not involved in the study it was emphasised that employers will be well advised to get together and have lunch there to encourage, but not force it. "Some people have seen colleagues and their friends, and others as people with whom they are working. But too much emphasis on the fact that each kind needs to be found to make it work, and that it can only be counter-productive."
you can Do it together, eat lunch (at least) one big advantage with a whole group of people together to eat, and seems to talk less. "The people are all together, so it'll keep up with it and to be talked to," said Kniffin, who, in a 2010 study on this topic did. But it is not up to the dining room table is done, this does not mean that it is not as common. The a cup of coffee or wandelrondje after lunch, after all, we still use it to co-workers to speak out.
Date Of Update: 16 January 2020, 01:01
