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Half of all bosses say a lack of sleep makes them
irritable and prone to
shouting at their staff, a study says.
One in five managers also said being kept awake at night meant they
were more likely to make mistakes, the Mori poll of 1,006 people revealed.
Some 48% of people aged 35 to 44 said they did not get enough sleep
compared to a national average of 39%.
Among that age group, people with young children and managerial jobs
were most likely to suffer.
The report, commissioned by
the think tank Demos and Ikea, said the issue of sleep had been forgotten
in the work/life balance debate.
Report author Charles Leadbeater said: "On any working day, a quarter
of all managers in Britain are likely to be in a bad mood because they
have not slept well.
"These sleep-deprived and shouty managers with a tendency to make
mistakes are responsible for millions of British workers. It's hardly a
recipe for good management.
And Mr Leadbeater called on the government and employers to take
action.
"A small loss of sleep is likely to have a big impact on people who
lead stressful lives.
"Stressed out parents are already not sleeping enough. They are the
people most likely to have their sleep disrupted and they are least able
to recover."
Apart from children keeping their parents awake, worrying about work
was the biggest cause of wakefulness at night among managers.
Women are five times more likely than men to lose sleep because their
partner snores.
The report predicted that there was likely to be a growing market of
sleep-deprived people, with an increase in "public napping".
Opportunities to take a nap at work are also likely to increase, and
the report recommended that employers take their responsibility for
ensuring employees were well slept more seriously.
Peter Jelkeby, marketing manager at Ikea, said the research confirmed
suspicions Britons were not getting enough sleep.
And he added: "This is having a detrimental
effect on our society as a whole."
(Agencies) |
一項調查結果顯示，英國有一半的老板或上司認為睡眠不足使他們變得急躁易怒，容易對員工或下屬發火。
英國摩里調查公司對1006名受訪者的調查顯示，每五位管理者中就有一位認為夜晚無法入眠使他們更容易犯錯。
35到44歲間的人群中約有48%認為自己睡眠不足，而全國平均水平為39%。
在這一年齡群中，有孩子的管理工作者更容易遭受睡眠不足的折磨。
這份由歐洲著名獨立智庫Demos和宜家家居公司委托制作的報告指出，睡眠問題在工作和生活平衡表上被遺忘了。
報告作者查爾斯·里德比特說：“在任何一個工作日，英國都有1/4的經理可能因為晚上沒睡好而情緒不佳。”
“這些缺乏睡眠、大吵大嚷、有時還可能犯錯誤的經理們，要對數百萬英國工人負責，這真不是一種好的管理方法。”
里德比特先生呼吁政府和雇主對此采取措施。
“對生活充滿壓力的人們來說，睡眠有一點不足都可能會造成重大影響。”
“過度操勞的父母們已經得不到充足的睡眠了。他們的睡眠最容易被打擾，他們也最不容易從中恢復。”
除了總是被孩子們弄醒外，對工作的擔憂是管理工作者們夜間失眠的最主要原因。
女性失眠的幾率比男性高五倍，因為她們的伴侶喜歡打鼾。
該報告預測，隨著“公共午休”服務的增長，缺乏睡眠的人群很可能形成一個不斷增長的市場。
工作時小憩片刻的機會同樣有可能增加。該報告勸告雇主，他們應該認真地負起責任，確保員工晚上能休息好。
宜家家居的市場經理彼得·杰爾克拜說，調查結果證實了原先關于英國人睡眠不足的猜測。
他補充說：“這對我們整個社會產生了不良影響。”
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-11-03 10:37